C# Guid ToString()

Description

Guid ToString() returns a string representation of the value of this instance in registry format.

Syntax

Guid.ToString() has the following syntax.

public override string ToString()

Returns

Guid.ToString() method returns The value of this Guid, formatted by using the "D" format specifier as follows: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx where the value of the GUID is represented as a series of lowercase hexadecimal digits in groups of 8, 4, 4, 4, and 12 digits and separated by hyphens.

Example

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using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Guid guid = Guid.NewGuid();
      Console.WriteLine("Guid: {0}", guid.ToString());
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.