Example of UUID generation using Boost in C++
A basic example: #include <boost/uuid/uuid.hpp> // uuid class #include <boost/uuid/uuid_generators.hpp> // generators #include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp> // streaming operators etc. int main() { boost::uuids::uuid uuid = boost::uuids::random_generator()(); std::cout << uuid << std::endl; } Example output: 7feb24af-fc38-44de-bc38-04defc3804de