os.uuid

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Returns a Universally Unique Identifier.

id = os.uuid(name)

Parameters

name is an optional string value. If provided, it will be used to create a deterministic, hash-based identifier.

Return Value

A new UUID, a string value with the format 74CFC033-FA4D-4B1E-A871-7DC48FA36769.

Availability

Premake 4.0 or later.