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Generate a random UUID
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randomUuid.js
/* This can be done by the uuid package, which is probably better than using Math.random(), but this is great for unit tests. */
const generateRandomUUID = (a) =>
a
? (a ^ ((Math.random() * 16) >> (a / 4))).toString(16)
: ([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(
/[018]/g,
generateRandomUUID
);
console.log(generateRandomUUID()); // f138f635-acbd-4f78-9be5-ca3198c4cf34
console.log(generateRandomUUID()); // 8935bb0d-6503-441f-bb25-7bc685b5b5bc
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