Separating HTML list items by comma using CSS

Problem In the HTML, we are displaying list of elements using the UL/LI structure. In some cases, we want to show a list of elements as an inline list separated by comma (,). We want to put list similar to the following structure:

<ul class="csv">
    <li>Serbia</li>
    <li>France</li>
    <li>UK</li>
    <li>Greece</li>
</ul>

In the programming languages, it is easy to create comma separated lists. After each item should be placed comma and the last comma at the end should be removed using some trim() function. However, in pure CSS, there is no trim function. Solution CSS code for creating comma separated lists is shown in the following code:

ul.csv { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
ul.csv li { display: inline; }
ul.csv li:after { content: ","; }
ul.csv li:last-child:after { content: ""; }

The first two lines put LI elements inline. The third line puts comma after each LI element. However, here is a problem because we will have one additional comma character at the end of the list, and we do not have trim() function. Therefore, we are adding the fourth line that puts blank content after last LI element in the list. This way you have true comma separated list implemented in pure CSS.