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# Modifier.placeholder\_instructions()

`placeholder_instructions() →` [`Instructions`](/glider-ide/api/instructions.md)

Returns placeholder [instructions](/glider-ide/api/instruction.md) of the [modifier](/glider-ide/api/modifier.md).

The placeholder or placer instruction is the "\_" (underline) instruction which defines where the function code must be inline in the modifier.

## Return type

→ List\[[Instruction](/glider-ide/api/instruction.md)]

An example of a query which can analyze placeholder instructions is:

```python
from glider import *

def query():
  modifierlist = (
      Modifiers()
      .with_name_prefix("lock")
      .exec(3)
  )
  
  results =  []

  for modd in modifierlist:
    for placers in modd.placeholder_instructions().exec():
      results.append(placers)

  return results
```

## Output

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