String, char problem. Location on the screen.

[EARNEST]

Hello,

I am using ubuntu and coding in C, also I am using ncurses.
I have a string (array of chars).
Let's say their position on the screen is:

ABCD

and

(in this case i dont think a string is a good choice, but it must be considered as whole unit)
ABC
D

How can i get their y,x coordinates in the stdscr?
Thanks,
EARNEST

[EARNEST]

any help pls? i got stuck on this one :(

[newb16]

So you already wrote some string to the screen and want to read the symbol at (x,y) position? If you didn't write them yet, you know the coordinates where you are going to output them - whateer in your algorithm determines it.

[EARNEST]

hi,
assume we have a program that randomly would put characters at random position. then i would want to see a char at (y,x). if there is nothing, then it is ' ', otherwise some other char. etc
I have no idea how to do it, at first i thought mvgetch(y,x) would help, but not really.