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Generate Universally Unique 'Lexicographically' 'Sortable' Identifiers
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Download and install ulid package within the R console
Install from CRAN:
install.packages("ulid")

Install from Github:
library("remotes")
install_github("cran/ulid")

Install by package version:
library("remotes")
install_version("ulid", "0.4.0")



Attach the package and use:
library("ulid")
Maintained by
Dirk Eddelbuettel
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First Published: 2019-07-09
Latest Update: 2024-06-04
Description:
Universally unique identifiers ('UUIDs') can be sub-optimal for many uses-cases because they are not the most character efficient way of encoding 128 bits of randomness; v1/v2 versions are impractical in many environments, as they require access to a unique, stable MAC address; v3/v5 versions require a unique seed and produce randomly distributed IDs, which can cause fragmentation in many data structures; v4 provides no other information than randomness which can cause fragmentation in many data structures. Providing an alternative, 'ULIDs' (<https://github.com/ulid/spec>) have 128-bit compatibility with 'UUID', 1.21e+24 unique 'ULIDs' per millisecond, support standard (text) sorting, canonically encoded as a 26 character string, as opposed to the 36 character 'UUID', use 'base32' encoding for better efficiency and readability (5 bits per character), are case insensitive, have no special characters (i.e. are 'URL' safe) and have a monotonic sort order (correctly detects and handles the same millisecond).
How to cite:
Dirk Eddelbuettel (2019). ulid: Generate Universally Unique 'Lexicographically' 'Sortable' Identifiers. R package version 0.4.0, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ulid. Accessed 06 Mar. 2026.
Previous versions and publish date:
0.3.0 (2019-07-09 18:00), 0.3.1 (2024-04-02 15:40)
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Functions, R codes and Examples using the ulid R package
Some associated functions: ULIDgenerate . ts_generate . ulid . unmarshal . 
Some associated R codes: RcppExports.R . gen.R . ulid-package.R .  Full ulid package functions and examples
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