angular2-data-table/src/utils/id.ts

angular2-data-table is a Angular2 component for presenting large and complex data.

/**
 * Creates a unique object id.
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6248666/how-to-generate-short-uid-like-ax4j9z-in-js
 */
export function id() {
  return ('0000' + (Math.random() * Math.pow(36, 4) << 0).toString(36)).slice(-4);
}