Presentation of results: multiple lines presented into concatenated values

Transact-SQL
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The result of a query gives the following format (pipes '|' represent column delimiters) :

Query: SELECT DISTINCT Description, Cat FROM SampleTable

Description1 | Cat1
Description1 | Cat2
Description1 | Cat3
Description1 | Cat4
Description2 | Cat1
Description2 | Cat2
Description3 | Cat3
Description3 | Cat4

I would like to format these lines like this:

Description1 | Cat1,Cat2,Cat3,Cat4
Description2 | Cat1,Cat2
Description3 | Cat3,Cat4

Is there a way to do this with a T-SQL command ?

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hi hope this helps

create sample data script

create table #SampleTable ( Description varchar(20), Cat varchar(10))
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description1','Cat1'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description1','Cat2'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description1','Cat3'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description1','Cat4'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description2','Cat1'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description2','Cat2'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description3','Cat3'
insert into #SampleTable select 'Description3','Cat4'

select * from #SampleTable

select 
     description 
  ,  STRING_AGG (Cat, ',') as Cat_Agg 
from 
   #SampleTable 
group by
       description

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thnk bro