Unit 'Sockets'	Package
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htons

Convert short integer from host ordered to network ordered.

Declaration

Source position: socketsh.inc line 188

function htons(

host: Word

):Word;

htons makes sure that the bytes in host are ordered in the correct way for sending over the network and returns the correctly ordered result.

htonl		Convert long integer from host ordered to network ordered.
ntohl		Convert long integer from network ordered to host ordered.
ntohs		Convert short integer from network ordered to host ordered.