There may be a better way, but of the top of my head:

ALLTRIM(STR(VAL( LEFT( oJC.IssMonth, 2 ) )))

>Hi everybody,
>
>I have this string in my report:
>SUBSTR(oJC.IssMonth,3) +' YEAR-TO-DATE RECAP THRU ISSUE ' +LEFT(oJC.IssMonth,2)
>
>left(oJC.IssMonth,2) would be '07', '08', etc. I would like to print just '7' or '8' in my Report. What would be the simplest way to achive this?
>
>Thanks.