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Generate fake GUID(also known as UUID) by using javascript
// original from http://guid.us/GUID/JavaScript
function S4() {
return (((1+Math.random())*0x10000)|0).toString(16).substring(1);
}
function generateGuid() {
return (S4() + S4() + "-" + S4() + "-4" + S4().substr(0,3) + "-" + S4() + "-" + S4() + S4() + S4()).toLowerCase();
}
//original from http://www.broofa.com/Tools/Math.uuid.js RFC4122v4 solution
Math.uuid = function() {
return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
var r = Math.random()*16|0,
v = c == 'x' ? r : (r&0x3|0x8);
return v.toString(16);
});
};
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