# New chapel questions for Sep 1 - Stack Exchange

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**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://chapel.discourse.group/t/new-chapel-questions-for-sep-1-stack-exchange/338 "2020-09-01T20:36:06Z")\
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How can one read an environment variable within a Chapel program?

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