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Description
Create a GUID (UUID). The UUID will be generated by one of the standard algorithms in RFC 9562. Historically this function used the random-data-only algorithm (UUID v4) until Unreal Engine 5.8, where it switched to time-and-random-data (UUID v7).
| Name | CreateGuid |
| Type | function |
| Header File | /Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/Unix/UnixPlatformGuid.h |
| Include Path | #include "Unix/UnixPlatformGuid.h" |
| Source | /Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Private/Unix/UnixPlatformGuid.cpp |
static AUTORTFM_OPEN FGuid CreateGuid()
New GUID, or Invalid() (Nil UUID—all zeroes) on error.