# \[X\] Literal string can break loop parsing
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [September 22, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011 "2009-09-22T20:53:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011/1 "2009-09-22T20:53:46Z")
1 See file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mp3tag/help/main\_scripting.html says
> [@](#):
>
> ' Outputs raw text without parsing. This will output the contained string and ignore all reserved characters. If you want to output this character please use ''.
2 Select one track
3 Export using config $loop(%dummy%)'$loop'$loopend()
Expected: outputfile containing **$loop**
Observed: Error - "Missing brackets or parameter at $loop()"
Workaround: $loop(%dummy%)'$lo''op'$loopend()
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011/2 "2009-09-25T10:22:34Z")
Just out of interest: can you show me the export file where you've actually needed to output $loop? Or have you simply tried to reach the limits?
The background of this behaviour is, that normal scripting functions are another language that the export configuration language (including different parsers).
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011/3 "2009-10-01T22:10:58Z")
> can you show me the export file where you've actually needed to output $loop?
No longer availabable, but the line was something lke:
```
$puts(REM,'workaround for failure of $loop() after $loop(,1)')
```
> The background of this behaviour is, that normal scripting functions are another
> language that the export configuration language (including different parsers).
That design decision was... daring! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-literal-string-can-break-loop-parsing/9011/4 "2018-12-28T14:26:40Z")
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