CLASS ndi.ido¶
ndi.ido - identifier object class for ndi
This class creates and retrieves unique identifiers. The identifier is a hexidecimal string
based on both the current date/time and a random number. When identifiers are sorted in
alphabetical order, they are also sorted in the order of fime of creation.
**Example**:
i = ndi.ido();
id = i.id(), % view the id that was created
Superclasses¶
none
Properties¶
Property | Description |
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identifier |
Methods¶
Method | Description |
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id | return the identifier of an ndi.ido object |
ido | create a new ndi.ido object |
ndi_unique_id | Generate a unique ID number for NDI projects |
Methods help¶
id - return the identifier of an ndi.ido object
IDENTIFIER = ID(NDI_ID_OBJ)
Returns the unique identifier of an ndi.ido object.
ido - create a new ndi.ido object
NDI_ID_OBJ = ndi.ido()
Creates a new ndi.ido object and generates a unique id
that is stored in the property 'identifier'.
Documentation for ndi.ido/ido
doc ndi.ido
ndi_unique_id - Generate a unique ID number for NDI projects
ID = NDI_UNIQUE_ID
Generates a unique ID character array based on the current time and a random
number. It is a hexidecimal representation of the serial date number in
UTC Leap Seconds time. The serial date number is the number of days since January 0, 0000 at 0:00:00.
The integer portion of the date is the whole number of days and the fractional part of the date number
is the fraction of days.
ID = [NUM2HEX(SERIAL_DATE_NUMBER) '_' NUM2HEX(RAND)]
See also: NUM2HEX, NOW, RAND