socket functions...

[threahdead]

i am using all of these functions in some of my codes but actually dont know
what they are exactly doing.

htons() -- "Host to Network Short"

htonl() -- "Host to Network Long"

ntohs() -- "Network to Host Short"

ntohl() -- "Network to Host Long"

there are others like atoi()....
can someone explain me how these functions work/what they do?

thanks

[Morgan]

These functions are used to overcome byte-ordering differences which may occur between the network protocol (e.g. TCP/IP) and the OS.

byte ordering relates to whether or not the first bit in an 8-bit byte is the large bit or the small bit (Big-Endian or Little-Endian). As you say, the function acronyms relate to the following...

H = Host
N = Network
L = Long ( really a 32-bit value )
S = Short ( really a 16-bit value )

[threahdead]

its clearer to me now thanks