heap question

From: Janice (no_at_mail.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:52:16 +0800

If I create a space in the heap as the following, since the return pointer
is a local variable of the function, will the ptr and the space created in
the heap be removed when the function return?
Thanx

int* f(){
int* ptr;
ptr=calloc(9,sizeof(int));
return ptr;
}

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