GetUniqueNumber
Script function world.GetUniqueNumber Read about scripting Type Method Summary Returns a unique number Prototype `long GetUniqueNumber();` View list of data type meanings Description `Returns a unique number in the range 0 to 2,147,483,647. This number will be unique for this session of MUSHclient, across all worlds. You might use it to generate unique labels for one-shot timers, or other similar purposes. Note that the number will eventually "wrap around" and thus, if you generate a lot of them (ie. 2,147,483,647 of them), they will no longer be unique. Also note that this number generator is used internally in MUSHclient, and thus the numbers generated will not necessarily be in sequence. Important - this number is reset for each new MUSHclient session, so these numbers are only unique per session, not indefinitely.` VBscript example
    world.note world.GetUniqueNumber
Jscript example
    world.note (world.GetUniqueNumber());
PerlScript example
    $world->note ($world->GetUniqueNumber());
Python example
    world.note (world.GetUniqueNumber)
Lua example
    Note (GetUniqueNumber())
Return value
    A unique number in the range 0 to 2147483647 as described above.
See Also ... Topics Scripting Utilities Functions Base64Decode (Takes a base-64 encoded string and decodes it.) Base64Encode (Encodes a string using base-64 encoding.) ChangeDir (Changes the MUSHclient working directory) CreateGUID (Creates a GUID - Global Unique Identifier) EditDistance (Returns the Levenshtein Edit Distance between two words) ErrorDesc (Converts a MUSHclient script error code into an human-readable description) ExportXML (Exports a world item in XML format) FixupEscapeSequences (Converts "escape sequences" like &#x5C;t to their equivalent codes.) FixupHTML (Fixes up text for writing as HTML) GenerateName (Generates a random character name) GetClipboard (Gets the clipboard contents) GetScriptTime (Returns the amount of time spent in script routines) GetUniqueID (Creates a unique ID for general use, or for making Plugin IDs) Hash (Produces a hash (checksum) of a specified piece of text) Help (Shows help for a script function, or a list of functions) ImportXML (Imports configuration data in XML format) Metaphone (Returns the metaphone code for the supplied word) MtRand (Returns pseudo-random number using the Mersenne Twister algorithm) MtSrand (Seed the Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator) ReadNamesFile (Loads in a file for generating character names) Replace (Replaces one substring with another) SetClipboard (Sets the clipboard contents) SetStatus (Sets the status line text) Simulate (Simulate input from the MUD, for debugging purposes) Sound (Plays a sound) StripANSI (Strips ANSI colour sequences from a string) Trace (Trace mode property) TraceOut (Outputs the supplied message to the world Trace) TranslateGerman (Translate German umluat sequences) Transparency (Sets the transparency of the main MUSHclient window under Windows XP) Trim (Trims leading and trailing spaces from a string) (Help topic: function=GetUniqueNumber) Documentation contents page