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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>
<nowiki />⤶
The location of each prop on the map. In gm_construct, the output might be as follows:
```
<nowiki>-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</nowiki>⤶
-3019.895020 -1095.824829 -78.900757⤶
```
</output>
</example>