Simple parsing question

How do I change a value such as "3," or "34," into simply "3" or "34" without the trailing comma?
Peter Roberson

set string_List to {"3,", "34,"}
repeat with i in string_List
display dialog my handle_String(i)
end repeat
on handleString(localString)
return ((characters 1 through ((offset of "," in local_String) - 1)) of local_String) as string
end handle_String
  Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

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