C++ - Check if a character is present at a given position on the console

Question

If I have the coordinates of a point on the screen x and y and I wanna check if a specified character is at those coordinates on the screen, how do I do it?

I am using Borland C++(for a school project) and the screen is command-line.

Answer 1

Though I avoided the use of this in my program, and came up with a better solution to the odd problem, this seemed to work :

#include <windows.h>

//....

 char get_char_at_xy( int x, int y )
  {
   CHAR_INFO ci;
   COORD xy = { 0, 0 };
   SMALL_RECT rect = { x, y, x, y };
   return ReadConsoleOutput(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),&ci,1,xy,rect)
       ? ci.Char.AsciiChar
       : '\0';
  }