ValidateUUIDMBS(UUID as string, mode as Integer = 0, requiredVersion as Integer = 0) as string
Validates the given UUID/GUID.
Example
// wrong dim w1 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("hello" ) // wrong due to missing { dim w2 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("550e8400-z29b-11d4-a716-446655440000" ,1 ) // wrong with, with z dim w3 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d40716-446655440000}" ) // wrong with missing minus dim w4 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-44665544000}" ) // wrong with being too short dim w5 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000}dssdsd" ,1 ) // wrong as it has extra chars on end dim w6 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000" ,1 ,4 ) // wrong as not version 4 dim w7 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("6a12a4d5-e9e6-4568-ffcc-34c70b24a668" ,1 ,4 ) // wrong as not version 4 // okay dim o1 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000" ,1 )dim o2 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000}" )dim o3 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("6a12a4d5-e9e6-4568-afcc-34c70b24a668" , 1 )dim o4 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("6a12a4d5-e9e6-4568-afcc-34c70b24a668" , 3 )dim o5 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000}" , 2 )dim o6 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400e29b11d4a716446655440000}" , 2 )dim o7 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d40716-446655440000}" ,4 ) // wrong with missing minus, but fixed dim o8 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("550e8400-e29b-11d40716-446655440000}" ,4 ) // wrong with missing {, but fixed dim o9 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("6a12a4d5-e9e6-4568-afcc-34c70b24a668" , 4 , 4 ) // is version 4 dim o10 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("6a12a4d5-e9e6-1568-afcc-34c70b24a668" , 4 , 1 ) // is version 1 dim o11 as string = ValidateUUIDMBS("{550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000}dssdsd" ,1 +4 ) // wrong as it has extra chars on end, but fixed break // check in debugger
If the UUID is valid, you get it back.
If the UUID is invalid, you get an empty string back.
Pass 1 in mode to not require braces around UUID. Pass 2 to ignore minus characters. Pass 3 to combine those two.
You can add 4 to have the GUID fixed a bit like adding braces and minus chars if missing.
The requiredVersion parameter can be 1 to 5 to indicate the required GUID version you want to have.
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