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 {{works with|PC/REXX}}
 {{works with|Personal REXX}}
-<lang rexx>/*REXX program demonstrates reading a char at  specific screen location.*/
+<lang rexx>/*REXX program demonstrates reading a character from (at) at  specific screen location. */
-row = 6                                /*point to row six.              */
+    row = 6                                      /*point to a particular row   on screen*/
-col = 3                                /*point to column three.         */
+    col = 3                                      /*  "    " "     "      column "    "  */
-howMany = 1                            /*read one character.            */
+howMany = 1                                      /*read this many characters from screen*/
-stuff = scrRead(row, col, howMany)     /*this'll do it.                 */
+stuff = scrRead(row, col, howMany)               /*this'll do it.                       */
-other = scrRead(40, 6, 1)              /*same thing, but for row forty. */
+other = scrRead(40, 3, 1)                        /*same thing,  but for row forty.      */
-                                       /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/</lang>
+                                                 /*stick a fork in it,  we're all done. */</lang><br><br>
 =={{header|TXR}}==