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 =={{header|AutoHotkey}}==
 {{works with|AutoHotkey_L}}
-<p>AutoHotkey is not built for the command line, so we call the WinAPI directly.</p><p>For fun, this writes random characters to the command window so that it has something to retrieve. </p>
+<p>AutoHotkey is not built for the command line, so we need call the WinAPI directly.</p><p>For fun, this writes random characters to the command window so that it has something to retrieve. </p>
 <lang AHK>DllCall( "AllocConsole" ) ; create a console if not launched from one
 hConsole := DllCall( "GetStdHandle", int, STDOUT := -11 )
-Loop 15
+Loop 10
+{
-	WriteConsole(hConsole, RandChars(7) "`n")
+	Loop 10
+	{
+		Random, asc, % asc("A"), % Asc("Z")
+		WriteConsole(hConsole, Chr(asc))
+	}
+	WriteConsole(hConsole, "`n")
+}
 MsgBox % ReadConsoleOutputCharacter(hConsole, 1, 3, 6)
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 				return out
 	return 0
-}
-RandChars(n){
-	Loop % n
-	{
-		Random, asc, % asc("A"), % Asc("Z")
-		out .= Chr(asc)
-	}
-	return out
 }</lang>