# Global placeholders don't seem to require $loop

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-placeholders-dont-seem-to-require-loop/9538
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 15, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-placeholders-dont-seem-to-require-loop/9538 "2009-12-15T11:24:19Z")
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/global-placeholders-dont-seem-to-require-loop/9538/1 "2009-12-15T11:24:19Z")

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As Detlev demonstrates here [Export config - %age time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9529/4) contrary to Help, global placeholders do not require a preceeding $loop-$loopend.

Since this is useful behaviour, if it is _defined_ behaviour, could the Help be adjusted to make it official?

Also, Help's statement

> [@](#):
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> Global placeholders (providing totals for the preceeding $loop/$loopend)

is not true _inside_ a loop, as confirmed by Florian at [%\_total\_files% fails](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/9008/5) , so it would be good for the Help to be corrected here.

Thanks.