Subroutine to remove preceding spaces in a field

Hi,
I am from SAP BW.
Can anyone help me to write a sub routine to remove preceding spaces in a field .
The data is in excel sheet which we need to load into info cube. But as the data in the field contains preceding spaces,its unable to load and showing an error.
I need to write a sub routine for that.
Awaiting ur response.
Thnx
kapil

Hi,
use fm CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT
or commands :
-pack
-shift val left deleting leading space
A.
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