What does uuid mean by this method? What can you usually do with it?

  uuid() {
        function s4() {
          return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000)
            .toString(16)
            .substring(1)
        }
        return (
          s4() + s4() + "-" + s4() + "-" + s4() + "-" + s4() + "-" + s4() + s4() + s4()
        )
      }

what does this code mean and what can it be used for?

Oct.09,2021

generates a random id. Used as a key.


is generally used to generate unique key, that is, a unique id, is used to uniquely identify data.
there are many algorithms for generating timestamps, random numbers, and so on


generate a non-repeating string


this is to generate a string, but the one you posted is obviously not a standard implementation.


unique user id, but the code written above does not guarantee unique

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