function GetEntityInZone(e)
 SendMessageI("getentityinzone",e);
 return g_Entity[e]['entityinzone'];
end

-- this function is placed in the entity_zone.lua script
function CheckEntityinZone(e)
-- Im trying to work out how you could make a command like the following, that you could call in the ai_soilder script for each ai.
-- you would do  this check in the ai_soldier script.
if zone_name[entity_inzone_flag[entity_number_inzone[e]] == 1 then
-- then enity is in the zone_name
end
if zone_name[entity_inzone_flag[entity_number_inzone[e]] == 0 then
-- then enity is not the zone_name
end


if 
-- variables to work with
zone = {}
zone[n] = {}
e=zone_number[e]
n=zone_name[e] 
f=entity_inzone_flag[e]
i=entity_number_inzone[e]
v=0
w=1
-- so return something like this.
-- zone_name[e]['entityinzoneflag'] = 1 
-- zone_name[e]['entityinzoneflag'] = 0 

--zone
if n ~= nil then
if i ~= nil then
if f ~= nil then




if entity_inzone_flag[e] == 1 then
-- then return  zone_name[e]['entityinzoneflag'] = 1 
else
-- then return  zone_name[e]['entityinzoneflag'] = 0  
end
return 

end
end
end

--EXAMPLE SAY:

 entity_number_inzone[e] = 34  -- this is the soldier
 entity_inzone_flag[e] = 1     -- the soldier is in the zone
 zone_name[e] = Eastern Zone   -- the name of the zone
 zone_number[e] = 10           -- the entity number of the zone 

zone_name[e][entity_inzone_flag] = 1
 
 if zone_name[entity_number_inzone][entity_inzone_flag] == 1 then
 --34 is in zone 10
 else
 --34 is not in zone 10
 end
end