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Hello there,
I need to represent a matrix (2D array) as colors instead of array elements.

Lets say, I have a 8x6 matrix as

1 1 1 1 2 2

1 1 1 1 2 2

1 1 1 1 2 2

1 1 1 1 0 0

3 3 3 3 3 0

3 3 3 3 3 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

in this

there are three sub matrices as 4x4, 3x2, 2x5 represented with different numbers

I need to make an image with a rectangle of the matrix-size in such a way that each sub-matrix should be painted with different colors(any color other than white).

Can anyone help me to do this in c#.net? I am not good in graphics.
thanks in advance
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BillWoodruff 28-Jan-14 6:23am    
What have you tried so far ? Please show your code.
lukeer 29-Jan-14 4:43am    
Code doesn't belong in a comment. It's much more readable if you move it to your question (use the Improve question link) and embrace it in preformat tags:<pre lang="c#">YourCodeHere();</pre>

Set a Panel object on the form. In the OnPaint event handler of the panel, you will draw the matrix as a tiling of squares of the desired colors. Use the Graphics::FillRectangle method, passing it a SolidBrush.

Alternatively, if you want the values to appear too, you can create arrays of Labels or Textboxes and set their background/foreground colors at run-time.
 
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a4ashiq 29-Jan-14 3:42am    
Hi YvesDaoust,
its for asp.net web forms. i forgot to mention that in my question. I already got the answer yesterday. But i think your suggestion will work. I'll try that also for sure. Thanks for the reply.
I got the answer from another website for the same question. Here is it

C#
<pre><%@ Page Language="C#" ContentType="image/jpeg" %>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing.Text" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing.Imaging" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Drawing.Drawing2D" %>
<%
    Response.Clear();

  int[,] A = new [,] {
    {1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2},
    {1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2},
    {1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2},
    {1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0},

    {3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 0},
    {3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 0},

    {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
    {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
  };

  int[,] data = A; 

  // Possible brushes (fill yourself)
  Brush[] brushes = new Brush[] {
    Brushes.Red,     // <- color for 0
    Brushes.Green,   // <- color for 1
    Brushes.Blue,    // <- color for 2
    Brushes.Yellow,  // <- ...
    Brushes.Cyan
  };

  // Let resulting bitmap be about 200x200
  int step_x = 200 / (data.GetUpperBound(1) - data.GetLowerBound(1));
  int step_y = 200 / (data.GetUpperBound(0) - data.GetLowerBound(0));

  Bitmap result = new Bitmap((data.GetUpperBound(1) - data.GetLowerBound(1) + 1) * step_x,
                             (data.GetUpperBound(0) - data.GetLowerBound(0) + 1) * step_y);

  using (Graphics gc = Graphics.FromImage(result)) {
    for (int i = data.GetLowerBound(0); i <= data.GetUpperBound(0); ++i)
      for (int j = data.GetLowerBound(1); j <= data.GetUpperBound(1); ++j) {
        int v = data[i, j];
        gc.FillRectangle(brushes[v % brushes.Length], new Rectangle(j * step_x, i * step_y, step_x, step_y));
      }
  }
  // Do everything as like with the bitmap:
  //  show it up, e.g. myPictureBox.Image = result;
  //  save it to the file...
  //  Here I am showing it in the page
  result.Save(Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
    result.Dispose();
    Response.End();
%>
 
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