If I understand your question correctly, you're defining an HTML::Template parameter outside a loop and then trying to use it within a TMPL_LOOP. I.e., the code looks something like this:

my $template = new HTML::Template (
    filename => "file.tmpl"
);
$template->param(
    outside_of_loop => "foo",
    the_loop => [
        { inside_of_loop => "bar" },
        { inside_of_loop => "baz" }
    ]
);
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And your template looks like this:

Outside: <TMPL_VAR NAME=outside_of_loop>
<TMPL_LOOP NAME=the_loop>
    Inside: <TMPL_VAR NAME=outside_of_loop> <TMPL_VAR NAME=inside_of_l
+oop>
</TMPL_LOOP>
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You're expecting this output:

Outside: foo
    Inside: foo bar
    Inside: foo baz
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But you're getting this instead:

Outside: foo
    Inside:  bar
    Inside:  baz
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The problem is that TMPL_VARs defined outside of a loop don't show up within the loop. The solution is to set global_vars => 1 when you create the HTML::Template object. E.g.:

my $template = new HTML::Template (
    filename    => "file.tmpl",
    global_vars => 1
);
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-Matt

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