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htonl

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longword htonl( longword value );

Description

This function converts a host-ordered double word to a network-ordered double word. This function is necessary if you are implementing standard internet protocols because the Rabbit does not use the standard for network-byte ordering. The network orders bytes with the most significant byte first and the least significant byte last. On the Rabbit, the bytes are in the opposite order.

Parameters

value

Host-ordered double word.

Return Value

Host word in network format, e.g., htonl(0x44332211) returns 0x11223344.

Library

NET.LIB (Prior to DC 7.05, this was DCRTCP.LIB)

See Also

htons, ntohl, ntohs