R: Generate UUID

UUIDgenerate {uuid} | R Documentation

## 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.

### Author(s)

Simon Urbanek, based on libuuid by Theodore Ts'o.

### Examples

    UUIDgenerate()
    UUIDgenerate(TRUE)
    UUIDgenerate(FALSE)

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