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Hi,

I am trying to make one exercise, which requires to me to make a report on different branches.

I need branches to have exactly 6 digits, in case if there is brach 123, it will be displayed as 000123.
What I am trying to do is to include leading zeros using LZ statement:
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but it prints too many leading zeros, and I do not know how to remove extra ones.


Can anyone help please?

Hello,

Unsure if this is resolved, in case it still isn't, look at the usage of EDIT mask under the DISPLAY operator that you are using.
You can use a mask: E'999999'; the edit mask should give you the desired output as you've restricted the data to 6 bytes in the mask.
Else use a simple BUILD command with the desired EDIT pattern.