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{{Useful Function}}
__NOTOC__
This function can be used to itinerate through a whole tree without having an element type. useful to get all the elements of a custom map.<br>
* '''NOTE:''' This need more testing specially in deeps trees.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">table getAllElementsStartingAt(element theStartingElement )</syntaxhighlight>

===Required Arguments===
* '''theStartingElement''': The element where the itineration will start, searching through all the childrens

==Code==
<section name="Function source" class="both" show="true">
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
function getAllElementsStartingAt(startElement)
local tabla = {}
for k,v in ipairs(getElementChildren(startElement)) do
table.insert(tabla,v)
local childs = getElementChildren(startElement)
if #childs > 0 then
for q,w in ipairs(getAllElementsStartingAt(v)) do
table.insert(tabla,w)
end
end
end
return tabla
end
</syntaxhighlight>
</section>

==Example==
This example change all the elements of a whole map to the fifth dimension
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
for k,v in ipairs(getAllElementsStartingAt(mapRoot)) do
setElementDimension(v,5)
end
</syntaxhighlight>

Author: Gothem

==See Also==
{{Useful_Functions}}

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