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This method has the problem that if invoiceNbr contains a non-numeric
(123-456), dspInvoiceNbr will not reflect the right value.

It is a nice approach if you can guarantee that though.

If you cannot, then you could do something like:

dspInvoiceNbr = %Trim(invoiceNbr) ;
DoW %Len(dspInvoiceNbr) > 1 and %Subst(dspInvoiceNbr:1:1)='0' ;
dspInvoiceNbr = %Subst(dspInvoiceNbr: 2) ;
EndDO ;

Above requires that dspInvoiceNbr be a VARYING field.

You will have the problem of right-adjustment in either case. So:

EvalR finalInvoiceNbr = dspInvoiceNbr ;

(finalInvoiceNbr is NOT VARYING)

Dennis Lovelady
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This should be quick. I have a character field

d invoiceNbr s 9a

which may hold '001234567'. The user wants to see the invoice number
with
leading zeroes suppressed so '1234567'.

My first thought is
/free
dspInvoiceNbr = %Char(%Dec(invoiceNbr: 9: 0));
/end-free

Is there a better method or is this about as good as any other method?



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