.. index:: uuid(Representation)
.. _uuid/1:

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**object**

``uuid(Representation)``
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* ``Representation`` - Text representation for the UUID. Possible values are ``atom``, ``chars``, and ``codes``.


Universally unique identifier (UUID) generator.

| **Availability:** 
|    ``logtalk_load(uuid(loader))``

| **Author:** Paulo Moura
| **Version:** 0:5:0
| **Date:** 2022-11-23

| **Compilation flags:**
|    ``static, context_switching_calls``


| **Implements:**
|    ``public`` :ref:`uuid_protocol <uuid_protocol/0>`
| **Uses:**
|    :ref:`fast_random <fast_random/0>`
|    :ref:`iso8601 <iso8601/0>`
|    :ref:`list <list/0>`
|    :ref:`os <os/0>`

| **Remarks:**
|    (none)

| **Inherited public predicates:**
|     :ref:`uuid_protocol/0::random_node/1`  :ref:`uuid_protocol/0::uuid_null/1`  :ref:`uuid_protocol/0::uuid_v1/2`  :ref:`uuid_protocol/0::uuid_v4/1`  

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Public predicates
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(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Protected predicates
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(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Private predicates
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(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Operators
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(none)

.. seealso::

   :ref:`uuid <uuid/0>`, :ref:`ulid <ulid/0>`, :ref:`ulid(Representation) <ulid/1>`, :ref:`ids <ids/0>`, :ref:`ids(Representation,Bytes) <ids/2>`