Has to be a function call:

smarttrim_it(subdivsn, phase_unit, lot, block)

Before you run the report:

set procedure to some_prg
repo form myreport
release procedure some_prg

>I have never done a UDF in a report before. In the reportfield expression I would
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>DO smarttrim_it in smarttrim.prg with subdivsn, phase_unit, lot, block
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>Does that seem correct?
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>Brenda
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>>Hi Brenda,
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>>In this situation I would create a little UDF to give me, what I want. You can >place UDF at the same directory with the report, so it would be always visible.
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>>Take a look at txtwidth function, it seems to be handy here.
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>>Good luck!