Passing params through a Func<>

I use delegates with lambda expressions instead of methods with just one line of code like:

Func<int, int, int> Add = (x, y) => x + y;
int Result = Add(1, 2); // 3

Now I have the problem that I need a unknown number of parameters. Is there a was to solve it like this:

 Func<string, params string[], string> MergeFormat = (Look, values) => string.Format(Look, string.Join("-", values));

with params string[]

the result would be 

string.Format(func, string.Join("-", v1, v2, v3)); //currently
MergeFormat(func, v1, v2, v3); //new
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params isn't part of the type itself, so you can't specify a Func<string, params string[], string>. But you could declare your own delegates which are like Func but which have a parameter array as the final parameter. For example:

using System;

delegate TResult ParamsFunc<T, TResult>(params T[] arg);
delegate TResult ParamsFunc<T1, T2, TResult>(T1 arg1, params T2[] arg2);
delegate TResult ParamsFunc<T1, T2, T3, TResult>(T1 arg1, T2 arg2, params T3[] arg3);
// etc        

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ParamsFunc<string, string, string> func =
            (format, values) => string.Format(format, string.Join("-", values));

        string result = func("Look here: {0}", "a", "b", "c");
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}

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