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from-net-long

function

Library: Network utilities (OMNETUTL legacy)
Include: omnetutl.xin

Returns: An integer value.


Declaration 
from-net-long (n)

Argument definitions

n
a sequence of bytes or octets that encode a long network number


Purpose

Use from-net-long to convert the bytes of a long network number into an integer.

Requirements

You must include the following line at the beginning of your OmniMark program: 

    include "omnetutl.xin"

Usage Notes

The network number is a sequence of bytes, not a base-10 number.

Example 


  ;  translate the four-byte network number "1234" into an integer
  include "omnetutl.xin"
  
  process
  
  ;     where "%1#" represents a byte with the value of 1
     local stream network-bytes initial {"%1#%2#%3#%4#"}
     local integer host-long
     
     set host-long to from-net-long ( network-bytes )
     output "d" % host-long

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