ntohs (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This function converts a u_short from TCP/IP network byte order to host byte order, which is little-endian on Intel processors.

Syntax

u_short ntohs(
  u_short netshort
);

Parameters

  • netshort
    [in] 16-bit number in TCP/IP network byte order.

Return Value

This function returns the value in host byte order. If the netshort parameter was already in host byte order, then no operation is performed.

Remarks

This function takes a 16-bit number in TCP/IP network byte order and returns a 16-bit number in host byte order.

Requirements

Header

winsock2.h

Library

Ws2.lib

See Also

Reference

Socket Functions
htonl
htons
ntohl
WSAHtonl
WSAHtons
WSANtohl
WSANtohs