Replace leading Zero's

Hi ,
one of my field var = 0000501
I want to display it like var = ****501
I want to replace all leading zero's with ' * ' .
Replace statement replaces all zeros with ' * ' & display var = ***51.
I want my output = ****501.
Plz help
Thanks in Advance
Sai

How about something like this?
DATA: lv_init TYPE char07 VALUE '0000501'.
DATA: lv_conv TYPE char07.
DATA: lv_star TYPE char07 VALUE '*******'.
data: lv_outp type char07.
DATA: lv_init_l type i.
data: lv_conv_l type i.
data: lv_offset type i.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT'
EXPORTING
input = lv_init
IMPORTING
output = lv_conv.
lv_init_l = strlen( lv_init ).
lv_conv_l = strlen( lv_conv ).
lv_offset = lv_init_l - lv_conv_l.
lv_outp = lv_star.
lv_outp+lv_offset(lv_conv_l) = lv_conv.
WRITE:/ lv_outp.
Regards,
RIch Heilman

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