Visual Basic Shell Sort

Hello, I apologize if I'm posting this in the wrong place, and if this topic has already been addressed. I'm very new at VB, and am having some problems with a very simple program. What I need to do is generate 1000 random numbers in a list box upon clicking a button, and sort them using the shell sort function. I know this is probably the simplest thing, but I'm stuck and need some help. Thanks.

Welcome to the forums.

What are you having problems with, the random numbers or the algorithm?

If it's the former:

vb Code:

Dim xRan(1000)
Dim N As Integer
Randomize 'This statement initializes the seed
 
For N = 1 To 1000
   xRan(N - 1) = Rnd()
Next

As for the algorithm, you may want to take a look at this article from the Wikipedia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort

There's code in various programming languages -unfortunately not in VB- but maybe you can convert it.

Actually there are loads of sites with VB code. For example,

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?cod.../qscompare.htm

The last subroutine at the bottom is for Shell sort.

there's always Ellis Dee's sorting thread