# Blank Export placeholder?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 4, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467 "2014-02-04T00:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![laffin\_boy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@laffin\_boy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laffin_boy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/1 "2014-02-04T00:47:30Z")

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Hi,

I have a custom csv export file that's very helpful to me. I'd like to modify it by adding 2 columns to the headers but not have MP3Tag put any data in those fields. Is there something like %\_blank% that I can use? If not are there existing placeholders that usually don't return data?

TIA  
laffin\_boy

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**Author:** ![stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/2 "2014-02-04T01:02:13Z")

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%dummy%

But don't take it personally. 😆

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/3 "2014-02-04T05:24:13Z")

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I doubt that %dummy% works for writing.  
If you export to csv then the delimiter between fields is the semicolon.  
So, something like  
%artist%;;;%title%;  
Should produce 2 empty columns between the artist data and the title.

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**Author:** ![stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/4 "2014-02-04T05:43:31Z")

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I just tested a csv export and %dummy% works fine.

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/5 "2014-02-04T05:44:44Z")

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I bet it works because it is just the very long version of ;;;  
Anyway: we found a solution. that should suffice.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/6 "2014-02-04T06:15:29Z")

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> [@stanman](#):
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> I just tested a csv export and %dummy% works fine.

In Mp3tag the percent characters around a name work as a "content operator", that means it is the reference to the value of a variable with such name, this manifestation is not a placeholder.  
The problem with the value %dummy% is, when a script variable or a tag-field with the name DUMMY really does exist in the script environment or in the tag area, then %dummy% delivers a real value, which might vary from nothing.

DD.20140204.0815.CET

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**Author:** ![laffin\_boy](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@laffin\_boy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laffin_boy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/7 "2014-02-04T09:25:49Z")

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> [@stanman](#):
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> %dummy%

Thanks! It works!

laffin\_boy

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blank-export-placeholder/15467/8 "2026-02-09T12:24:54Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC