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generate random UUIDs

UUID

Returns a random v4 UUID of the form xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, where each x is replaced with a random hexadecimal digit from 0 to f, and y is replaced with a random hexadecimal digit from 8 to b.

There's also @LeverOne's approach using iteration, which is one byte shorter.

function b(
a // placeholder
){
return a // if the placeholder was passed, return
? ( // a random number from 0 to 15
a ^ // unless b is 8,
Math.random() // in which case
* 16 // a random number from
>> a/4 // 8 to 11
).toString(16) // in hexadecimal
: ( // or otherwise a concatenated string:
[1e7] + // 10000000 +
-1e3 + // -1000 +
-4e3 + // -4000 +
-8e3 + // -80000000 +
-1e11 // -100000000000,
).replace( // replacing
/[018]/g, // zeroes, ones, and eights with
b // random hex digits
)
}
function b(a){return a?(a^Math.random()*16>>a/4).toString(16):([1e7]+-1e3+-4e3+-8e3+-1e11).replace(/[018]/g,b)}
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 Jed Schmidt <http://jed.is>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
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{
"name": "UUID",
"description": "Generates random UUIDs",
"keywords": [
"UUID",
"ID",
"random"
]
}
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