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ents.FindByClass#524826

<function name="FindByClass" parent="ents" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Gets all entities with the given class, supports wildcards. This works internally by iterating over <page>ents.GetAll</page>. Even if internally ents.GetAll is used, It is faster to use ents.FindByClass than ents.GetAll with a single class comparison. <note>Asterisks (*) are the only wildcard supported.</note> </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="class" type="string">The class of the entities to find.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="table">A table containing all found entities</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Prints the location of every prop on the map.</description> <code> for k, v in pairs( ents.FindByClass( "prop_*" ) ) do print( v:GetPos() ) end </code> <output> &lt;nowiki /&gt;⤶ The location of each prop on the map. In gm_construct, the output might be as follows: ``` &lt;nowiki&gt;-2936.288818 -1376.545532 -73.852913 -2936.288818 -1376.545532 -73.852913 -2943.928467 -1375.800171 -84.964996 -2932.637695 -1288.051636 -76.791924 -2064.000000 -183.000000 -179.216003 -2384.000000 -183.000000 -179.216003 -2704.000000 -183.000000 -179.216003 -1744.000000 -183.000000 -179.216003 -1424.000000 -183.000000 -179.216003 -3019.895020 -1095.824829 -78.900757&lt;/nowiki&gt;⤶ -3019.895020 -1095.824829 -78.900757⤶ ``` </output> </example>