inet_ntoa

inet_ntoa converts an IPv4 address stored in network byte order in the field of the in_addr structure to the dotted-decimal string, for example, “192.168.124.3” and returns the result as a character pointer.

Syntax

char* FAR inet_ntoa(
    [in]    struct in_addr in
);

Parameters

[in] in

An in_addr structure whose s_addr field is the address to be converted into network byte order.

Return Value

The address of a static char buffer containing the converted address.

Requirements