# \[Organizing My Code\] Where should Spawn functions be written?

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**Category:** C++\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [June 19, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/organizing-my-code-where-should-spawn-functions-be-written/32939 "2015-06-19T02:34:49Z")\
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The standard way to find an actor is to basically go through all actors of a certain class using the actor iterator until you find the one you want:

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From the wiki:

```auto

void AYourControllerClass::PrintAllStaticMeshActorsLocations()
{
	//EngineUtils.h
	for (TActorIterator<AStaticMeshActor> ActorItr(GetWorld()); ActorItr; ++ActorItr)
	{
		ClientMessage(ActorItr->GetName());
		ClientMessage(ActorItr->GetActorLocation().ToString());
	}
}

```

Just replace AStaticMeshActor with your custom class.

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