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4/8/2010

This structure represents a host by its Internet address.

Syntax 

struct in_addr {
  union {
	struct { u_char s_b1,s_b2,s_b3,s_b4; } 
S_un_b;
	struct { u_short s_w1,s_w2; } 
S_un_w;
  u_long 
S_addr;
  } S_un;
};

Members

S_un_b

Address of the host formatted as four u_chars.

S_un_w

Address of the host formatted as two u_shorts.

S_addr

Address of the host formatted as u_long.

Remarks

s_addr is a #define used to access the S_addr member.

Requirements

Header winsock2.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also