converting multidimensional arrays

[Liquid Pennies]

ok, now that i have my question about defining multidimensional arrays, how do i convert them. i really just want to know how to convert a 3d array into 2d, as well as a 2d array into a 1d. (im not going to bother converting 3d to 1d, b/c that would be too long of an array when i would rather deal with it in 2d)

example

2d to 1d

dim MyArray(2,2)
dim MyOneDArray(8)
MyOneDArray(0) = MyArray(0,0)
MyOneDArray(1) = MyArray(1,0)
MyOneDArray(2) = MyArray(2,0)
MyOneDArray(3) = MyArray(0,1)
MyOneDArray(4) = MyArray(1,1)
MyOneDArray(5) = MyArray(2,1)
MyOneDArray(6) = MyArray(0,2)
MyOneDArray(7) = MyArray(1,2)
MyOneDArray(8) = MyArray(2,2)

but, ya know, i want to work with a much larger array conversion, and id dont want to have to type all that out...