>Am doing data conversions with VFP 9.
>
>Need to strip leading zero (or zeros) from a character field (and ONLY leading zeros), then convert to a numeric.
>
>VAL('00203') returns 23 instead of the desired 203
>VAL('2098') returns 298 instead of the desired 2098
>VAL('0298') returns the desired 298 ...
>
>Can't help thinking that I am missing something, somewhere.
>
>Thoughts much appreciated.
>
>Best,
>
>Harold ...

WHAT?
Not possible:

? VAL('00203') && 203
? VAL('2098')  && 2098
? VAL('0298')  && 298