@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ The `delimiter` can be any value; it is converted to a string.
2828
2929## Examples  
3030
31- ### Example 1 - Join array of strings  
31+ ### Example 1 - Produce a list of servers  
32+ 
33+ Create a comma-separated string from a list of host names to pass to tools or
34+ APIs that accept CSV input. This example uses [ ` createArray() ` ] [ 02 ]  to build
35+ the server list and joins with ", ".
3236
3337``` yaml 
3438#  join.example.1.dsc.config.yaml
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ resources:
3741- name : Echo 
3842  type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
3943  properties :
40-     output : " [join(createArray('a ','b ','c '), '- ')]" 
44+     output : " [join(createArray('web01 ','web02 ','web03 '), ',  ')]" 
4145` ` ` 
4246
4347` ` ` bash 
@@ -50,12 +54,15 @@ results:
5054  type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
5155  result :
5256    actualState :
53-       output : a-b-c 
57+       output : web01, web02, web03 
5458messages : [] 
5559hadErrors : false 
5660` ` ` 
5761
58- ### Example 2 - Join characters of a string 
62+ ### Example 2 - Build a file system path from segments 
63+ 
64+ Join path segments into a single path string. This is useful when composing 
65+ paths dynamically from parts. 
5966
6067` ` ` yaml 
6168#  join.example.2.dsc.config.yaml
@@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ resources:
6471- name : Echo 
6572  type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
6673  properties :
67-     output : " [join('abc', '- ')]" 
74+     output : " [join(createArray('/etc','nginx','sites-enabled'), '/ ')]" 
6875` ` ` 
6976
7077` ` ` bash 
@@ -77,7 +84,37 @@ results:
7784  type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
7885  result :
7986    actualState :
80-       output : a-b-c 
87+       output : /etc/nginx/sites-enabled 
88+ messages : [] 
89+ hadErrors : false 
90+ ` ` ` 
91+ 
92+ ### Example 3 - Format a version string from numeric parts 
93+ 
94+ Convert version components (numbers) into a dotted version string. Non-string 
95+ elements are converted to strings automatically. 
96+ 
97+ ` ` ` yaml 
98+ #  join.example.3.dsc.config.yaml
99+ $schema : https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json 
100+ resources :
101+ - name : Echo 
102+   type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
103+   properties :
104+     output : " [join(createArray(1,2,3), '.')]" 
105+ ` ` ` 
106+ 
107+ ` ` ` bash 
108+ dsc config get --file join.example.3.dsc.config.yaml 
109+ ``` 
110+ 
111+ ``` yaml 
112+ results :
113+ - name : Echo 
114+   type : Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo 
115+   result :
116+     actualState :
117+       output : 1.2.3 
81118messages : [] 
82119hadErrors : false 
83120` ` ` 
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