# Placeholder that can count inside "if" function
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 5, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144 "2006-04-05T12:00:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/1 "2006-04-05T12:00:26Z")
I can't get counter value inside of "if" function.
So I was wondering is it posible to write placeholder that can count (like %\_counter%) inside "if" function.
Example:
$loop(%\_folderpath%)
$if($eql($folderdepth(%\_folderpath%),$folderdepth(%\_workingpath%)),,%\_counter\_if%)
$loopend
Please reply Florian, thanks
~ milka
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/2 "2006-04-05T12:09:11Z")
What exactly are you trying to achieve?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/3 "2006-04-05T12:27:26Z")
Already possible:
```
$loop(%_folderpath%)$puts(cnt,$if($eql($folderdepth(%_folderpath%),$folderdepth(%_workingpath%)),$get(cnt),$add($get(cnt),1)))
$loopend()
$get(cnt)
```
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/4 "2006-04-05T13:34:18Z")
Thanks dano, but I dont think that thats it.
I dont wont to get max counter, I just wont to count inside "if" function.
I will test it when I came home.
What is "$get( **cnt** )"?
~ milka
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/5 "2006-04-05T14:20:13Z")
cnt is a user defined variable that I declared with $puts (see scripting help file)
And please write w **a** nt.
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/6 "2006-04-05T14:26:41Z")
> [@](#):
>
> And please write want.
Sorry.  My english is bad.
You don't have to bother with this, because it's hard to do or even impossible.
I was just trying to help to HankD.
~ milka
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### Author:  [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-that-can-count-inside-if-function/3144/7 "2006-04-06T04:08:45Z")
I make it, thanks again dano.
I just nedded to put $get(cnt) inside of loop.
```
$loop(%_folderpath%)$puts(cnt,$if($eql($folderdepth(%_folderpath%),$folderdepth(%_workingpath%)),$get(cnt),$add($get(cnt),1)))
$get(cnt)
$loopend()
```
Best regards,
~ milka