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Created April 30, 2013 11:44
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Validate UUID
validateUuid = (text) -> (text || "").match(/[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}/)
validateUuid(null) # returns null
validateUuid("") # returns null
validateUuid("not-a-valid-uuid") # returns null
validateUuid("73963155-27db-48ad-abee-7afa2dd14af1") # returns regex match array
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