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htons

Convert short integer from host ordered to network ordered.

Declaration

Source position: socketsh.inc line 195

function htons(host: Word) : Word;

Description

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.

See also

Name Description
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.