`ids(Representation,Bytes)`

Representation - Text representation for the identifier. Possible values are atom, chars, and codes.
Bytes - Number of bytes of randomness. Generator of random identifiers.
| Availability: | logtalk_load(ids(loader))

| Author: Paulo Moura | Version: 1:1:0 | Date: 2026-02-26

| Compilation flags: | static, context_switching_calls

| Uses: | :ref:`base64 <base64/0>` | :ref:`fast_random <fast_random/0>` | :ref:`list <list/0>` | :ref:`os <os/0>`

| Remarks: | (none)

| Inherited public predicates: | (none)

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Public predicates

.. index:: generate/1 .. _ids/2::generate/1:

generate/1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Generate a random identifier.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | generate(Identifier) | Mode and number of proofs: | generate(--textids) - one

Protected predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Private predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

Operators

(none)

.. seealso::

:ref:`ids <ids/0>`, :ref:`nanoid(Representation,Size,Alphabet) <nanoid/3>`, :ref:`cuid2(Representation,Size,Alphabet) <cuid2/3>`, :ref:`ksuid(Representation,Alphabet) <ksuid/2>`, :ref:`uuid(Representation) <uuid/1>`, :ref:`snowflakeid(Representation,EpochMilliseconds,TimeUnitMilliseconds,TimestampBits,NodeBits,SequenceBits,Node) <snowflakeid/7>`, :ref:`ulid(Representation) <ulid/1>`