How to remove leading zeros from the returned value?

Summary:

How to remove leading zeros from the returned value?

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We are storing the salary range under the grade rate values. The value is stored as NNN,NNN.00, but when we try to default the value into the DFF (type character), it shows up with leading zeros. such as: 146700.000000

We want the autocomplete rule to return the value as stored under the Grade rate values which is

146,700.00

Version (include the version you are using, if applicable):

22C

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