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
identifier

Methods

Method	Description
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.

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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'.

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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

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