Type Conversions

Im pulling in data through a winsock. The data im pulling in in of type Unsigned Char , Ive see an example that uses the following to displayed the data correctly

Code:

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printf("Flags=%d\n",htons(pTcpheader->Flags));

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Is there any other way to do this, possibly using cout? I also want to convert the data, and then compare it in a switch. Any ways to convert it besides that printf() would be appricated. Thanks.

The conversion is being done by htons, not by printf, so:

Code:

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short value = htons(pTcpheader->Flags);

cout << "Flags = " << value;

switch (value) {
    // do whatever ...
}

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If it's only unsigned char then you don't need htons(). You only need to worry about endianness when the data is more than 1 byte.