How can we suppress leading zeroes using NATURAL?

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How can we suppress leading zeroes using NATURAL?

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Hi,

In my program, I am in need of writing a record counter, but all the leading zeros should be suppressed. How can I do that. Please help.
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Re: How can we suppress leading zeroes using NATURAL?

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By default, NATURAL has zero suppression for numeric fields; unless you specify EM=9999, the result is zero suppressed. You may also try EM=ZZZZZ.
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Re: How can we suppress leading zeroes using NATURAL?

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Thanks Anuj - this worked.
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Glad, you got it working.
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