Uuid

Represents an UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier), a 16-bytes unique identifier.

You can compare UUIDs, convert them to a string of the "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" 36-chars format, or get each of byte using the __index Lua operator. Example:

lua

local u = Uuid()
assert(u == Uuid(tostring(u)))
assert(tostring(u):sub(1, 2) == string.format("%02x", u[1]))

Uuid()

lua

local u = Uuid()
local v = Uuid("74341b56-4f7f-4ab1-9495-58cf5bce0e1c") -- e.g.

You can create a new random UUID using Uuid() or a UUID representation of the given 36-chars string.

Uuid ​

Uuid() ​

Uuid

Uuid()