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

int *my_function() {
  // this returns a pointer
  int *int_ptr_on_heap = malloc(sizeof(int));
  *int_ptr_on_heap = 10;

  printf("The value of y is: %d\n", *int_ptr_on_heap);
  printf("The address of y is: %p\n", int_ptr_on_heap);

  return int_ptr_on_heap;
}

int main(void) {
  int *x = my_function();

  printf("%d\n", *x);

  return 0;
}