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Done Remove Leading Zeroes from alpha/numeric string

Oct
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This would probably best be an option added to an existing function: remove leading zeroes whether it is a number or not.

For instance, we get hospital account numbers in the format 0000321654. Obviously, leading zeroes in a true number can be removed by using @eval. But the problem is we also get 0000M321654 or M0000321654 or MX0000321654 from other facilities.

I wouldn't be looking for something to handle "begins with letter(s)", but there should be a fairly simple function/formatting option for "remove leading zeroes from alpha/numeric string".
 
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