>>I have a number field which is padded with zero's. For example:
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>>0000012345
>>000013456
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>>How can I programmatically remove the zero's??
>>
>>Many Thanks
>
>Have a look at the STRTRAN command:
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>STRTRAN("000013456", "0", "")
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>Kev
Huh? STRTRAN("0000134000056", "0", "") would give '123456' where you for sure would want '1234000056'. So, this solution is not worth the three stars. You better simply do something like
LTRIM(STR(VAL("000013456")))
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