htonl (Compact 2013)

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3/26/2014

This function converts a u_long from host to TCP/IP network byte order, which is big-endian.

Syntax

u_long htonl(
  u_long hostlong
);

Parameters

  • hostlong
    [in] 32-bit number in host byte order.

Return Value

This function returns the value in TCP/IP network byte order.

Remarks

This function takes a 32-bit number in host byte order and returns a 32-bit number in the network byte order used in TCP/IP networks.

Requirements

Header

winsock2.h

Library

Ws2.lib

See Also

Reference

Socket Functions
htons
ntohl
ntohs
WSAHtonl
WSAHtons
WSANtohl
WSANtohs