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An Emacs Lisp function that returns a UUID and makes it the latest kill in the kill ring
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make-uuid.el
(defun make-uuid ()
"Return a UUID and make it the latest kill in the kill ring."
(interactive)
(kill-new (format "%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%06x%06x"
(random (expt 16 4))
(random (expt 16 4))
(random (expt 16 4))
(random (expt 16 4))
(random (expt 16 4))
(random (expt 16 6))
(random (expt 16 6)))))
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