How to remove leading zeroes on form.

Hi all,

Is there a way that I can remove the leading zeros that come along with the Serial number from showing in my form.

i.e for example: the value of &QALS-EMATNR&

Actual value in the databse table is : "0280012380",

Printing value on the form is : "000000000280012380",

Now I should get the actual value of the field EMATNR

I had tried with the ways like..

&QALS-EMATNR(Z)&

&QALS-EMATNR(CIZ)&

Is there any aternatives???

Thanks,

Surender.