title: How to generate a 24 character UUID?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3247861/example-of-uuid-generation-in-c">Example of UUID generation in c++</a>  </p>
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  <p>I need an algorithm for generating a 24 character UUID, but all I have been able to find is generators that produce the standard 32 character ones, like this:</p>
  
  <p>550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000</p>
  
  <p>How can I generate a 24 character UUID?</p>