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Created March 23, 2017 20:31
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quick lua implementation of "random" UUID
local random = math.random
local function uuid()
local template ='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'
return string.gsub(template, '[xy]', function (c)
local v = (c == 'x') and random(0, 0xf) or random(8, 0xb)
return string.format('%x', v)
end)
end
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