<function name="GetNPCState" parent="NPC" type="classfunc"> <description>Returns the NPC's state.</description> <realm>Server</realm> <rets> <ret name="" type="number">The NPC's current state, see <page>NPC_STATE</page>.</ret> <ret name="" type="number">The NPC's current state, see <page>Enums/NPC_STATE</page>.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Function which prints out a list of idle NPCs to the server console.</description> <code> function ReportIdleNPCs() for _, npc in pairs(ents.FindByClass("npc_*")) do if(IsValid(npc) && npc:IsNPC() && npc:GetNPCState() == NPC_STATE_IDLE) then print("Ent #"..npc:EntIndex()..": "..npc:GetClass().." is idle.") end end end </code> <output> (To server console) Ent #111: npc_citizen is idle. Ent #120: npc_citizen is idle. Ent #122: npc_citizen is idle. Ent #124: npc_citizen is idle. </output> </example>