Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
  Dim Array() As Byte = {102, 103, 105, 105, 104, 108, 101, 109, 111, 113}
  GnomeSort(Array, True)
 End Sub


 ' // Алгоритм гномьей сортировки
 Sub GnomeSort(ByRef Array() As Byte, ByVal ToUpper As Boolean)
  Dim tui As Integer, index As Integer, last As Integer
  If (ToUpper = True) Then tui = 1 Else tui = -1
  index = 1
  last = 2
  Do
   If ((Array(index) * tui) < (Array(index - 1) * tui)) Then
    SWAP(Array(index), Array(index - 1))
    index -= 1
    If (index = 0) Then
     index = last
     last += 1
    End If
   Else
    index = last
    last += 1
   End If
  Loop While (index < (UBound(Array) + 1))
  ' // c2fbefeeebede8eb3a20caf3eff0e8ffedeee220c42ec52e2028632920442d6d6f6e3535
 End Sub


 ' // Функция обмена двух переменных
 Private Function SWAP(ByRef ic_a As Integer, ByRef ic_b As Integer) As Boolean
  Dim Dump As Integer = ic_a
  ic_a = ic_b
  ic_b = Dump
  Return True
 End Function