Deleting and Adding Leading Zeros

Deleting Leading Zeros

If you have a field that containg leading zeros and want to eliminate all leading zeros for a fax and e-mail report. Then you have to opt for the following code:

Either shift left deleting leading '0'

or

Opt for the following functional module code:

FM CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_OUTPUT

This will get rid of the zeroes before you send it to a file or whatever.

Placing Leading Zeros

One can place leading zeroes in front of a number. Like have a field that is 14 characters long but you're only reading in 10, then you can add 4 zeroes to the front of that by using the following function module:

'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT' and pass the field or even part of the field to be padded with zeroes.

Or else, you can use WRITE field using EDIT MASK '==ALPHA'.