/** Returning a pointer from a function. */
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

char* someChar();

int main()
{
    char *foo;

    foo = someChar();

    cout << *foo << endl;

    return 0;
}

char* someChar()
{
    char *myCharPtr = new char;

    *myCharPtr = 'a';

    return myCharPtr;
}