htonl

  • Article

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

u_long htonl(
  u_long hostlong
);

Parameters

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

Return Values

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

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Winsock2.h.
Link Library: Ws2.lib.

See Also

htons | ntohl | ntohs | WSAHtonl | WSAHtons | WSANtohl | WSANtohs

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

© 1992-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.