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Create a unique string
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| const uid = () => { | |
| return Date.now().toString(36) + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2); | |
| }; | |
| // Usage. Example, id = khhry2hb7uip12rj2iu | |
| const id = uid(); |
You guys sure know about this one? https://gist.github.com/jed/982883
Sure, but this here is still nice for smaller use cases and 87% faster on my machine: https://jsbench.me/ovkhvq1uct/1
how about using
performance.now()instead ofDate.now()? It should reduce the probability of collision further.
It will only work on the web, not under Nodejs
Seriously...
https://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
const myKey = uuidv4();
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You guys sure know about this one? https://gist.github.com/jed/982883