title: How to remove leading zeros from alphanumeric text?
body: <p>I've seen questions on how to prefix zeros here in SO. But not the other way!</p>
  
  <p>Can you guys suggest me how to remove the leading zeros in alphanumeric text? Are there any built-in APIs or do I need to write a method to trim the leading zeros?</p>
  
  <p>Example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>01234 converts to 1234
  0001234a converts to 1234a
  001234-a converts to 1234-a
  101234 remains as 101234
  2509398 remains as 2509398
  123z remains as 123z
  000002829839 converts to 2829839
  </code></pre>