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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include "log_macros.h"

int* create_array_of_three_ints(int n1, int n2, int n3) {
    // Array of int's on the HEAP.
    int num_numbers = 3;

    // Declare a variable called numbers that holds the address of an int.
    // Allocate memory on the heap sufficient for 3 int's
    int* numbers = malloc(sizeof(*numbers) * num_numbers);
    // ∙ malloc(…) is a function in the standard library.
    //   - Takes a number of bytes
    //   - Returns the address of the newly allocated buffer (chunk of memory).
    // ∙ sizeof(*numbers) gives you the number of bytes needed to store an int,
    //   because the type of *numbers is int.

    numbers[0] = n1;
    numbers[1] = n2;
    numbers[2] = n3;

    return numbers
}

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

    for(int i = 0; i < num_numbers; i++) {
        log_int( numbers[i] );
    }

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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