htonl()

Description

Convert a u_long from host to network byte order.

#include <winsock.h>

u_long PASCAL FAR htonl ( u_long hostlong);

hostlong

A 32-bit number in host byte order.

Remarks

This routine takes a 32-bit number in host byte order and returns a 32-bit number in network byte order.

Return Value

htonl() returns the value in network byte order.

See Also

htons(), ntohl(), ntohs()

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