# 20200917 added Perl programming solution use strict; use warnings; use Curses; initscr or die; my $win = Curses->new; foreach my $row (0..9) { $win->addstr( $row , 0, join('', map { chr(int(rand(50)) + 41) } (0..9))) }; my $icol = 3 - 1; my $irow = 6 - 1; my $ch = $win->inch($irow,$icol); $win->addstr( $irow, $icol+10, 'Character at column 3, row 6 = '.$ch ); $win->addstr( LINES() - 2, 2, "Press any key to exit..." ); $win->getch; endwin;