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= getMonsterTarget =
Returns the player currently targeted by a server-owned monster.

== Syntax ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
int getMonsterTarget(string monsterId)
</syntaxhighlight>

== Parameters ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Type !! Required !! Description
|-
| <code>monsterId</code> || <code>string</code> || yes || The opaque decimal monster identifier returned by <code>spawnMonster</code> or <code>getMonsters</code>.
|}

== Returns ==
Returns a connected player identifier, or <code>0</code> when there is no target or the monster is invalid.

== Examples ==
Inspect the current target:
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
local target = getMonsterTarget(monsterId)
if target ~= 0 then
    outputDebugString("Target player: " .. target)
end
</syntaxhighlight>

== Notes ==
* Available only in server-side resource scripts.

[[Category:Lua Functions]]
[[Category:Server Functions]]
[[Category:World Functions]]
[[Category:Monster Functions]]