@packageforge/uuid

TypeScript functions to generate UUIDs, extract UUIDs, and compare UUIDs to see if they are equal.

Add the package to your project on the command line:

npm install @packageforge/uuid --save

Import the generateUuid, extractUuid, and uuidsEqual functions into your code file:

import { generateUuid, uuidsEqual, extractUuid } from '@packageforge/uuid';

To generate a UUID:

uuid = generateUuid();

To compare two UUIDs anywhere in strings:

console.log(uuidsEqual('this lowercase uuid: 5c3cd7f2-979e-4b86-9123-11e6817271d2', 'this uppercase uuid: 5C3CD7F2-979E-4B86-9123-11E6817271D2')); 
// true, case insensitive comparison.

console.log(uuidsEqual('no uuid!', 'no uuid here either!')); 
// false, no uuids to compare

To extract a UUID from a string:

uuid = extractUuid('this is a uppercase uuid: 5C3CD7F2-979E-4B86-9123-11E6817271D2');
console.log(uuid);
// 5C3CD7F2-979E-4B86-9123-11E6817271D2
// note was left in original case form

uuid = extractUuid('this is a mixed case uuid: 5C3CD7F2-979e-4B86-9123-11e6817271d2', false);
console.log(uuid);
// 5c3cd7f2-979e-4b86-9123-11e6817271d2
// note was converted to lowercase