Dota 2 Workshop Tools/Scripting/API/CEntities.FindByClassnameWithin

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Function Description

handle FindByClassnameWithin(handle startFrom, string className, Vector origin, float maxRadius)

Find entities by class name within a radius. Pass nil to start an iteration, or reference to a previously found entity to continue a search

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Example
handle	startFrom	The last found unit, used to iterate through all units in area	x/nil
string	className	The class of entity you are looking for	"ent_dota_tree"
Vector	origin	The center of the area to search around	keys.caster:GetAbsOrigin()
float	maxRadius	The radius in dota distance that you want to search	1000

Returns

handle - The handle to the found unit

Example

To search through and print out all entities of tree class in a given radius

  local x = Entities:FindByClassnameWithin(nil, "ent_dota_tree", vars.caster:GetOrigin(), 1000)
  while x ~= nil do
     x = Entities:FindByClassnameWithin(x, "ent_dota_tree", vars.caster:GetOrigin(), 1000)
     print(x)
  end