# Iterate through all components programatically in Perspective?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iterate-through-all-components-programatically-in-perspective/32938 "2020-03-09T19:39:52Z")\
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We went with this one so our `util` library looks like

```auto
def getComponents(element):
	def walkComponents(component):
		for child in component.children:
			yield child
			walkComponents(child)
	return walkComponents(element)

def parseContainer(container):
	return {
		c.name: c.custom["outValue"]
		for c in getComponents(container) if "outValue" in c.custom
	}

```

and call parseContainer on a container works as we expect it too.

Decided on this one because it's the most readable to me and without needing a library.

Thank you all very much!

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