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htonl

Convert long integer from host ordered to network ordered

Declaration

Source position: socketsh.inc line 186

  function htonl(host: Cardinal) : Cardinal;  Overload;

Description

htonl 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
htons Convert short 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