Generate version 4 (pseudo-random) Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs).
Source
Heavily based on an unreleased version of ids::uuid().
Arguments
- hint
Optional. A character string (or object coercible with
as.character()) to be used as a random seed.
Value
A character string representing a valid UUID that can be validated with
uuid::UUIDvalidate().
Details
This helper function assigns a UUID for identifying versions of generated themes.
References
Davis KR, Peabody B, Leach P (2024). "Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)." RFC 9562. doi:10.17487/RFC9562 , https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9562.
See also
Other helpers:
on_rstudio()
Examples
# Random
generate_uuid()
#> [1] "9ec3e5c8-c404-4e17-8e4c-81bd36aa3d2a"
generate_uuid()
#> [1] "04d42bbc-2145-4ebe-83ef-a1a2d8d52a86"
# Persistent with hint param
hint <- "something as seed"
generate_uuid(hint)
#> [1] "736f6d65-7468-496e-a720-617320736565"
generate_uuid(hint)
#> [1] "736f6d65-7468-496e-a720-617320736565"