Leading zeroes in ABAP

How to remove leading zeros in ABAP?

shift <field> left deleting leading '0'.
U write ur code like this
data a(9) value '000012345'.
SHIFT a LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.
write:/ a.
Output will be : 12345
Or use this method also
data a(9) value '000012345'.
Call function 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
Exporting
input = a
Importing
output = a.
write a.
output:
12345.
Thanks and best of luck
Reward if useful
Ankesh

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By mistake i have told u the wrong way.the first way is for copying the data from text file to excel file and preserving the leading zeros.
regards
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Edited by: Kanishak Gupta on May 6, 2009 5:36 AM

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