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Function name : ntohl

Group: Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) - Library: ws2_32

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The ntohl function converts a u_long from TCP/IP network order to host byte order (which is little-endian on Intel processors).

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Code examples:

Winsock: changing the byte ordering

Declaration:

u_long ntohl(
  u_long netlong
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER ntohl IN ws2_32;
	INTEGER netlong  

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Parameters:

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

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Return value:

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

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