uuid (version 0.1-2)

UUIDgenerate: Generate UUID

Description

UUIDgenerate generates a new Universally Unique Identifier. It can be either time-based or random.

Usage

UUIDgenerate(use.time = NA)

Arguments

use.time

logical, if TRUE then time-based UUID is generated, if FALSE then a random UUID is generated, if NA then random one is generated if a sufficiently reliable source of random numbers can be found, otehrwise a time-based UUID is generated.

Value

String, UUID in lowercase form.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
UUIDgenerate()
UUIDgenerate(TRUE)
UUIDgenerate(FALSE)
# }