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JavaScript: Function to create a UUID identifier

JavaScript Math: Exercise-23 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to create a UUID identifier.

Note :
According to Wikipedia - A universally unique identifier (UUID) is an identifier standard used in software construction. A UUID is simply a 128-bit value. The meaning of each bit is defined by any of several variants. For human-readable display, many systems use a canonical format using hexadecimal text with inserted hyphen characters. For example : de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Write a JavaScript function to create a UUID</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function create_UUID(){
    var dt = new Date().getTime();
    var uuid = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
        var r = (dt + Math.random()*16)%16 | 0;
        dt = Math.floor(dt/16);
        return (c=='x' ? r :(r&0x3|0x8)).toString(16);
    });
    return uuid;
}

console.log(create_UUID());

Sample Output:

1fe35579-5ce7-46ec-89e0-7e7236700297

Flowchart:

Flowchart: JavaScript Math- Function to create a UUID identifier

Live Demo:

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