String comparison oddity...[SOLVED]

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It's the difference in lengths QB64 compares -1 to space + "1" (if you don't _trim$) for positive 1 or Compare 33 to 3+nothings might be OK but neg reverses

Could try right alignment of numbers in a fixed size string buffer and skip Val but Val is probably faster, oh but Val won't work for the big strings!