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summary: |
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Generates a UUID/GUID random string, optionally with curly braces.
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description: |
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This method generates a **random universally unique identifier
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([UUID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier))**
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This method generates a **random universally unique identifier**
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([UUID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier))
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string. The sixteen octets of a UUID are represented as 32 hexadecimal
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(base 16) digits, displayed in 5 groups separated by hyphens in the form
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`8-4-4-4-12` for a total of 36 characters, for example
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`123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000`. The UUID specification used is
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Version 4 (Random Data), Variant 1 (DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578:1996).
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(See
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[UUIDTools](https://www.uuidtools.com/uuid-versions-explained#version-4)
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or
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[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Version_4_(random))
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for more info.)
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Version 4 UUIDs are the most commonly used due to their simplicity, as
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they are entirely randomly generated.
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This version does not have certain features that other UUID
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versions have, such as encoded timestamps, MAC addresses, or provide
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(base 16) digits, displayed in five groups separated by hyphens in
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the form `8-4-4-4-12` for a total of 36 characters, for example
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`123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000`.
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The UUID specification used is [Version 4
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(random)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Version_4_(random)),
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variant 1 (DCE 1.1, ISO/IEC 11578:1996). UUIDs of this version are the
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most commonly used due to their simplicity, as they are entirely randomly
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generated. Note that this version does not have certain features that
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other UUID versions have, such as encoded timestamps, MAC addresses, or
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time-based sorting like [UUIDv7](https://uuid7.com/) or
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[ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec)).
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There are over 5.3 x 10<sup>36</sup> unique v4 UUIDs. The
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probability to find a duplicate within 103 trillion version-4 UUIDs is one
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in a billion. The number of random version-4 UUIDs which need to be
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generated in order to have a 50% probability of at least one collision is
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2.71 quintillion.
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([Source: Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Collisions))
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[ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec).
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There are over 5.3&times;10<sup>36</sup> unique v4 UUIDs, in which the
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probability of finding a duplicate within 103 trillion UUIDs is one in a
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billion.
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The `wrapInCurlyBraces` argument determines whether the returned string is
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wrapped in curly braces (`{}`). For instance:

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