htons

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

u_short htons(
  u_short hostshort
);

Parameters

  • hostshort
    [in] 16-bit number in host byte order.

Remarks

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

Return Values

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

Requirements

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

See Also

htonl | ntohl | ntohs | WSAHtonl | WSAHtons | WSANtohl | WSANtohs

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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