C# Guid Guid(String)

Description

Guid Guid(String) initializes a new instance of the Guid structure by using the value represented by the specified string.

Syntax

Guid.Guid(String) has the following syntax.


public Guid(
  string g
)

Parameters

Guid.Guid(String) has the following parameters.

g - A string that contains a GUID.

Example

The following example shows how to use the Guid(String) constructor.


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using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      string[] guidStrings = { "ca123456ed4211cebacd00aa3457b123",
                               "CA123456-ED42-11CE-BACD-00AA3457B123", 
                               "{CA123456-ED42-11CE-BACD-00AA3457B123}", 
                               "(CA123456-ED42-11CE-BACD-00AA3457B123)", 
                               "{0xCA123456, 0xED42, 0x11CE, {0xBA, 0xCD, 0x00, 0xAA, 0x00, 0x57, 0xB2, 0x23}}" };
      foreach (var guidString in guidStrings) {
         Guid guid = new Guid(guidString);
         Console.WriteLine("Original string: {0}", guidString);
         Console.WriteLine("Guid:            {0}", guid);
         Console.WriteLine();
      }
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.