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!
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!
724 855 599 923 575 468 400 206 147 564 878 823 652 556 bxor cross forever

