GUID: the guid generator

ActionScript3 (OBSOLETE)

Below is code to generate GUIDs in ActionScript3. This is just a random implementation and there is no claim that they are true UUIDs. They just look like UUIDs.

function create( value:Array = null ):String {

	var uid:Array = new Array();
	var chars:Array = new Array( 48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,65,66,67,68,69,70 );
	var separator:uint = 45;
	var template:Array = value || new Array( 8,4,4,4,12 );

	for ( var a:uint = 0; a < template.length; a++ ) {
		for ( var b:uint = 0; b < template[a]; b++ ) {
			uid.push( chars[ Math.floor( Math.random() *  chars. length ) ] );
		} if ( a < template.length - 1 ) {
			uid.push( separator );
		}
	}

	return String.fromCharCode.apply( null, uid );
}

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Migration Path: If you're modernizing a Flash application, consider using JavaScript with crypto.randomUUID() for web applications, or the appropriate native API for your target platform.