.. _EEex_GetActorCurrentAction:

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EEex_GetActorCurrentAction 
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   EEex_GetActorCurrentAction(actorID)

Returns the ID of the action the actor is currently doing, based on ACTION.IDS

**Parameters**

* **actorID** - the actor's id to return the ID of the action the actor is currently doing

**Return**

Returns a ``WORD`` value indicating the action id based on ACTION.IDS

**Notes**

if the actor is currently moving to a point, it will return ``23`` because MoveToPoint() is action ``23`` in ACTION.IDS. If the actor isn't doing anything, it will return ``0``.

**Example**

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   local actionID = EEex_GetActorCurrentAction(actorID)