Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static String sortAndFlattenNameList(List<String> names) { Collections.sort(names); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (String name : names) { sb.append(name + ", "); } String flattenedNames = sb.toString(); if (flattenedNames.length() > 2) { // drop the last comma and space flattenedNames = flattenedNames.substring(0, flattenedNames.length() - 2); } return flattenedNames; } }