I am using WinMerge to compare two files that are the result of two different processes. I am seeing a lot of differences but most are associated with one file containing a column with extra (meaningless) zeros (0).

I know I can write a function (using a DO WHILE loop) that will return the value with trailing zeros removed but is there a better, more optimal solution? Here is what I have for now:

?trimit( " 12340560000 " )
FUNCTION trimit( tcx )
LOCAL cRetVal AS String
cRetVal = ALLTRIM( tcx )
DO WHILE .T.
IF RIGHT( m.cRetVal,1 ) = "0"
cRetVal = LEFT( m.cRetVal, LEN( m.cRetVal ) - 1 )
ELSE
EXIT
ENDIF
ENDDO
RETURN m.cRetVal