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A simple UUID v4 generator, relying on Math.random() + Date.now()
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/** Generates UUID v4 | |
* | |
* @node There is a bug in Chrome's Math.random() according to http://devoluk.com/google-chrome-math-random-issue.html | |
* For that reason we use Date.now() as well. | |
*/ | |
function UUID() { | |
function s(n) { return h((Math.random() * (1<<(n<<2)))^Date.now()).slice(-n); } | |
function h(n) { return (n|0).toString(16); } | |
return [ | |
s(4) + s(4), s(4), | |
'4' + s(3), // UUID version 4 | |
h(8|(Math.random()*4)) + s(3), // {8|9|A|B}xxx | |
// s(4) + s(4) + s(4), | |
Date.now().toString(16).slice(-10) + s(2) // Use timestamp to avoid collisions | |
].join('-'); | |
} |
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Would suggest renaming
s()
andh()
to better describe their role in the function as a whole.Also, the
n
param could be namedlength
.