<pre><code>#include&lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include&lt;stdlib.h&gt; //malloc

typedef struct Node{
 int x;
 struct Node* next;
}Node;

int main()
{
Node root;
root.x = 15;
root.next = malloc(sizeof(Node));
root.next-&gt;x = -2;
root.next-&gt;next = NULL;

printf("%d %d\n", root.x, root.next-&gt;x);

free(root.next); //Must


 return 0;
}
</code></pre>

```
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h> //malloc

typedef struct Node{
 int x;
 struct Node* next;
}Node;

int main()
{
Node root;
root.x = 15;
root.next = malloc(sizeof(Node));
root.next->x = -2;
root.next->next = NULL;

printf("%d %d\n", root.x, root.next->x);

free(root.next); //Must


 return 0;
}
```

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