ntohl

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

u_long ntohl(
  u_long netlong
);

Parameters

  • netlong
    [in] 32-bit number in TCP/IP network byte order.

Return Values

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

Remarks

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

Requirements

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

See Also

htonl | htons | ntohs | WSAHtonl | WSAHtons | WSANtohl | WSANtohs

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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