[c5_shortunique]

Description

Generates a 14-character string based on the current datetime that should be unique in all but the most extreme cases. Useful in cases where you need to, for instance, create a unique, non-linear filename and [lasso_uniqueid] is just a few characters too long (with a dot-three extension) to guarantee safe file transfer via FTP.

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define_tag: 'c5_shortunique';
	local: 'chars' = (map:
		0 = 'AaZz',
		1 = 'BbYy',
		2 = 'CcXx',
		3 = 'DdWw',
		4 = 'EeVv',
		5 = 'FfUu',
		6 = 'GgTt',
		7 = 'HhSs',
		8 = 'IiRr',
		9 = 'JjQq'
	);
	
	local: 'time' = (string: date->(format: '%Y%m%d%H%M%S'));
	
	local: 'out' = string;
	
	iterate: #time, local: 'thisDigit';
		local: 'rnd' = (math_random: -min=1, -max=5);
		#out = #chars->(find: (integer: #thisDigit))->(get: #rnd) + #out;
	/iterate;
	
	return: #out;
/define_tag;

Related Tags

• unique_id

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