Visual Basic Shell Sort

[Contract]

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.

[krtxmrtz]

Welcome to the forums.

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

If it's the former:

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.

[krtxmrtz]

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.

[Milk]

there's always Ellis Dee's sorting thread