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stupid c casting question

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  • 26-10-2004 10:54am
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    Q_Ball
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭


    hey guys,

    I have a newtork ip that is a long int (returned from the ntohl function) in c. When displayed on screen it comes up as hex. i want to display this as a proper ip address, therefore i (think i) need to cast it 
    char decimalip [4]
    so that i can display each element and put a . between them.

    Any ideas as to how this is done?

    all the best,

    darren


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    #2
    jessy
    Registered Users Posts: 950 ✭✭✭jessy


    how are you printing it to the screen.


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    martinoc
    Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭martinoc


    If all you want to do is print the ip address to the standard out, printf should be able to convert from hex to decimal with the %d placeholder. Casting will not convert the numbers from hex into decimal.


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    lynchie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,994 ✭✭✭lynchie


    inet_ntoa function will convert it to a string.


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