/*
 * malloc.c
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

char *foo(void);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char *t;

    t = foo();

    printf("my string says \"%s\"\n", t);
    printf("the first character is %c\n", *t);

    free(t);
}

char *foo(void)
{
    char *s;

    s = malloc(6);
    if(s == NULL) {
        printf("error allocating memory\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    *s = 'h';
    *(s+1) = 'e';
    *(s+2) = 'l';
    *(s+3) = 'l';
    *(s+4) = 'o';
    *(s+5) = '\0';

    return s;
}