jquery-crate/lib/model/guid.js

Cratify tool that turns a division into a distributed and decentralized collaborative editor

/*
 * \url https://github.com/justayak/yutils/blob/master/yutils.js
 * \author justayak
 */

/*!
 * \brief get a globally unique (with high probability) identifier
 * \return a string being the identifier
 */
function GUID(){
    var d = new Date().getTime();
    var guid = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) {
        var r = (d + Math.random() * 16) % 16 | 0;
        d = Math.floor(d / 16);
        return (c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8)).toString(16);
    });
    return guid;
};

module.exports = GUID;