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Programmatically removing zero's
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13/06/2005 07:10:33
 
 
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13/06/2005 06:51:25
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP1
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01022697
Message ID:
01022702
Views:
11
>>I have a number field which is padded with zero's. For example:
>>
>>0000012345
>>000013456
>>
>>How can I programmatically remove the zero's??
>>
>>Many Thanks
>
>Have a look at the STRTRAN command:
>
>
>STRTRAN("000013456", "0", "")
>
>
>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")))
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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