.. highlightlang:: us

.. _uuid:

uuid
====

.. index:: uuid

.. us.tag  uuid NOTREADYENGLISH STR New5100

:ref:`uuid` returns a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) as a string.

.. function::  ssUUID = uuid()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssUUID* is the ID in the form "cb69b5e4-f228-4a96-9d99-7a0dceb409b7" (String).

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.10.0
     - New

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`

:sub:`id-996624`