htons()

Description

Convert a u_short from host to network byte order.

#include <winsock.h>

u_short PASCAL FAR htons ( u_short hostshort );

hostshort

A 16-bit number in host byte order.

Remarks

This routine takes a 16-bit number in host byte order and returns a 16-bit number in network byte order.

Return Value

htons() returns the value in network byte order.

See Also

htonl(), ntohl(), ntohs()

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