diff --git a/compiler/res/prog8lib/string.p8 b/compiler/res/prog8lib/string.p8
index 7d853cef7..18fcf1069 100644
--- a/compiler/res/prog8lib/string.p8
+++ b/compiler/res/prog8lib/string.p8
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ _found		sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1
         }}
     }
 
-    asmsub compare(uword string1 @R0, uword string2 @AY) clobbers(Y) -> ubyte @A {
+    asmsub compare(uword string1 @R0, uword string2 @AY) clobbers(Y) -> byte @A {
         ; Compares two strings for sorting.
         ; Returns -1 (255), 0 or 1 depeding on wether string1 sorts before, equal or after string2.
         ; Note that you can also directly compare strings and string values with eachother using
diff --git a/examples/cx16/assembler/assem.p8 b/examples/cx16/assembler/assem.p8
index 3d5e051c7..000b05dfe 100644
--- a/examples/cx16/assembler/assem.p8
+++ b/examples/cx16/assembler/assem.p8
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ textparse {
         }
 
         uword value = conv.any2uword(word_addrs[2])
-        if word_addrs[0] == "*" {       ; TODO does this string compare work?
+        if string.compare(word_addrs[0], "*")==0 {
             program_counter = value
         } else {
             set_symbol(word_addrs[0], value)
diff --git a/examples/cx16/imageviewer/imageviewer.p8 b/examples/cx16/imageviewer/imageviewer.p8
index 8d4bfcd93..47c0eed36 100644
--- a/examples/cx16/imageviewer/imageviewer.p8
+++ b/examples/cx16/imageviewer/imageviewer.p8
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ main {
         ;txt.print(filenameptr)
         ;txt.chrout('\n')
         uword extension = filenameptr + rfind(filenameptr, '.')
-        if extension == ".iff" {        ; TODO does this compare work?
+        if string.compare(extension, ".iff")==0 {
             ;txt.print("loading ")
             ;txt.print("iff\n")
             if iff_module.show_image(filenameptr) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ main {
                 load_error(filenameptr)
             }
         }
-        else if extension == ".pcx" {       ; TODO works?
+        else if string.compare(extension, ".pcx")==0 {
             ;txt.print("loading ")
             ;txt.print("pcx\n")
             if pcx_module.show_image(filenameptr) {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ main {
                 load_error(filenameptr)
             }
         }
-        else if extension == ".koa" {    ; TODO works?
+        else if string.compare(extension,".koa")==0 {
             ;txt.print("loading ")
             ;txt.print("koala\n")
             if koala_module.show_image(filenameptr) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ main {
                 load_error(filenameptr)
             }
         }
-        else if extension == ".bmp"  {   ; TODO works?
+        else if string.compare(extension, ".bmp")==0  {
             ;txt.print("loading ")
             ;txt.print("bmp\n")
             if bmp_module.show_image(filenameptr) {
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index 117cacd20..db789ad09 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -8,88 +8,7 @@ main {
 
     ; TODO: error when a parameter has the same name as an existing module/block/subroutine:  sub print_right(ubyte width, uword string) {
 
-
     sub start() {
-        str s1 = "irmen"
-        str s2 = "what"
-        str s3 = "irmen2"
-
-        s3[5] = 0
-
-        txt.print("length:\n")
-        txt.print_ub(len(s1))
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(string.length(s1))
-
-        txt.print("\n\ncopy:\n")
-        txt.print(s3)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        s3 = s2
-        txt.print(s3)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(string.copy("new", s3))
-        txt.print(s3)
-
-        txt.print("\n\ncompare:\n")
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(string.compare(s1, s2))
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(string.compare(s2, s1))
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(string.compare(s1, s3))
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(s1==s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(s1<s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print_ub(s1>s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-
-        txt.print("\n\nleft:")
-        string.left(s2,2,s3)
-        txt.print(s3)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        txt.print("\n\nright:\n")
-        txt.print(s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        string.right(s2,2,s3)
-        txt.print(s3)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-
-        txt.print("\n\nfind:\n")
-        txt.print(s1)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        uword found = string.find(s1, 'e')
-        txt.print_uwhex(found, 1)
-        if found
-            txt.print(found)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        found = string.find(s1, 'i')
-        txt.print_uwhex(found, 1)
-        if found
-            txt.print(found)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        found = string.find(s1, 'x')
-        txt.print_uwhex(found, 1)
-        if found
-            txt.print(found)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-
-        txt.print("\n\nslice:\n")
-        string.slice(s1, 0, 5, s2)
-        txt.print(s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        string.slice(s1, 1, 4, s2)
-        txt.print(s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        string.slice(s1, 2, 2, s2)
-        txt.print(s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-        string.slice(s1, 3, 2, s2)
-        txt.print(s2)
-        txt.chrout('\n')
-
         test_stack.test()
     }