How to populate a WPF grid based on a 2-dimensional array

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The purpose of the Grid is not for real databinding, it is just a panel. I am listing down the easiest way to accomplish the visualization of a two dimensional list 

<Window.Resources>
    <DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate_Level2">
            <Button Content="{Binding}" Height="40" Width="50" Margin="4,4,4,4"/>
    </DataTemplate>

    <DataTemplate x:Key="DataTemplate_Level1">
        <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding}" ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource DataTemplate_Level2}">
            <ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
                <ItemsPanelTemplate>
                    <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"/>
                </ItemsPanelTemplate>
            </ItemsControl.ItemsPanel>
        </ItemsControl>
    </DataTemplate>

</Window.Resources>
<Grid>
    <ItemsControl x:Name="lst" ItemTemplate="{DynamicResource DataTemplate_Level1}"/>
</Grid>

And in the code behind set the ItemsSource of lst with a TwoDimentional data structure.

  public Window1()
    {
        List<List<int>> lsts = new List<List<int>>();

        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            lsts.Add(new List<int>());

            for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
            {
                lsts[i].Add(i * 10 + j);
            }
        }

        InitializeComponent();

        lst.ItemsSource = lsts;
    }

This gives you the following screen as output. You can edit the DataTemplate_Level2 to add more specific data of your object.

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