htons()

Convert a 16-bit value from host-byte order to network-byte order

Synopsis:

#include <arpa/inet.h>

uint16_t htons( uint16_t hostshort );

Arguments:

hostshort

The value that you want to convert.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The htons() function converts a 16-bit value from host-byte order to network-byte order.

You typically use this routine in conjunction with the internet addresses and ports that gethostbyname() and getservent() return.

Returns:

The value in network-byte order.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1

See also:

gethostbyname(), getservent(), htonl(), ntohl(), ntohs()