C#

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using System.IO;<br />
using System.Drawing;<br />
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;<br />

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Image image = Image.FromFile(file); // load some image<br />
SoapFormatter formater = new SoapFormatter();<br />
byte[] obj;<br />
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())<br />
{<br />
    formater.Serialize(ms, image);<br />
    obj = ms.ToArray();<br />
}<br />
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string str = Convert.ToBase64String(obj); // convert byte[] to string<br />
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byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(str);// convert string to byte[]<br />
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Image newImage;<br />
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes))<br />
{<br />
    newImage = (Image)formater.Deserialize(ms);<br />
}<br />
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newImage.Save(file + ".bmp");<br />

LCI wrote:

Interesting... Is there such a thing as a multidimensional list , like one that can have 3 columns per row?

Guffa wrote:

Or if the number of "columns" is constant, a list of arrays may be easier to work with.

mav.northwind wrote:

If you have a fixed number of columns and a variable number of rows, I think it's rather an array of lists than the other way 'round, but I guess it depends on the view...

// creating
List<string[]> table = new List<string[]>;

// adding a line
table.Add(new string[] { "just", "adding", "another", "little", "line" } );

// getting a line
string[] line = table[0];

// creating
List<string>[] table = new List<string>[4];
table[0] = new List<string>();
table[1] = new List<string>();
table[2] = new List<string>();
table[3] = new List<string>();
table[4] = new List<string>();

// adding a line
table[0].Add("just");
table[1].Add("adding");
table[2].Add("another");
table[3].Add("little");
table[4].Add("line");

// getting a line
string[] line = new string[] { table[0][0], table[1][0], table[2][0], table[3][0], table[4][0] };