uuid — Easy Examples

Generate universally unique identifiers (UUID1, UUID4, UUID5)

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Getting started with uuid

Basic import and usage of the uuid module.

python
import uuid

print(uuid.uuid4())
print(uuid.uuid4())

# UUID from string
u = uuid.UUID("12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678")
print(u.version)

The uuid module is part of Python's standard library. Generate universally unique identifiers (UUID1, UUID4, UUID5).

Common uuid operations

Frequently used functions from the uuid module.

python
# More uuid examples
import uuid

print(f"uuid module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {uuid.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(uuid))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the uuid module.

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