This function converts a network address into a string in dotted format.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Winsock.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.0 and later |
Syntax
char * inet_ntoa (struct in_addr in);
Parameters
in
[in] Structure that represents an Internet host address.
Return Values
A char pointer to a static buffer containing the text address in standard ".'' notation indicates that no error occurred. NULL indicates failure.
Remarks
The inet_ntoa function takes an Internet address structure specified by the in parameter and returns an ASCII string representing the address in ".'' (dot) notation as in "a.b.c.d''. The string returned by inet_ntoa resides in memory that is allocated by Windows Sockets. The application should not make any assumptions about the way in which the memory is allocated. The data is guaranteed to be valid until the next Windows Sockets function call within the same thread, but no longer. Therefore, the data should be copied before another Windows Sockets call is made.
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