method

hton

v2_6_3 - Show latest stable - Class: IPAddr

hton()

public

Returns a network byte ordered string form of the IP address.

# File lib/ipaddr.rb, line 239
  def hton
    case @family
    when Socket::AF_INET
      return [@addr].pack('N')
    when Socket::AF_INET6
      return (0..7).map { |i|
        (@addr >> (112 - 16 * i)) & 0xffff
      }.pack('n8')
    else
      raise AddressFamilyError, "unsupported address family"
    end
  end

hton

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