Guid and Uint

boosa Liberman

16y5.3k.NET

guyz, i need some help please... i am kinda newbie :)
i got this code from an "ex-worker" and now i have to fix things....
i was wondering, is there any way to convert a Guid.NewGuid() to any kind of uint32?

i understand that the NewGuid i am getting is a 16byte, and the uint32 is not...
and so, i can think i should use only a part of the Guide, but i need to use the part that changes more rapidlly.... (a guid: 7e1e23ecbe514863b7121b90c1a1b24a) - i removed the "-"
any ideas?

thank you!!!

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Felipe Ramos16y ago
No problem, hope that helps.
boosa Liberman16y ago
thanx!!
Felipe Ramos16y ago
Guids will always give you an alpha numeric identifier. I would be easier in your case to create a random number generator than removing letters and hyphens from the Guid if all you need is a random number.

string rand = GetRandom(24);
private string GetRandom(int length)
   {
   Random rand = new Random();
   string retVal = string.Empty;

   for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
   {
   retVal += rand.Next();
   if (retVal.Length > length)
   {
   retVal = retVal.Substring(0, length);
   break;
   }
   }

   return retVal;
   }