UUID4

UUID4

The UUID4 function returns a 36-character alphanumeric string that is a version 4 universally unique identifier(UUID).

Syntax 1

function uuid4 ()

Syntax 2

$uuid4 ()

Result

The function returns a version 4 UUID generated based on random numbers.

Examples

Example - Generate a version 4 UUID.

procedure division.

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display function uuid4().

*will display something like: 4ed161b5-0d3c-4f06-8381-5f14678e13da