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UKismetGuidLibrary::Conv_GuidToString

function Engine Blueprint Since unknown
#include "Kismet/KismetGuidLibrary.h"
Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintPureBlueprintThreadSafe

Description

Converts a GUID to its string representation, in the digits-only form 'AAAAAAAABBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCDDDDDDDD'.

Caveats & Gotchas

  • Always formats using EGuidFormats::Digits (32 hex digits, no dashes or braces) — this differs from FGuid::ToString()'s default DigitsWithHyphens format, so a string produced here won't match GUIDs printed elsewhere unless the same format is used.
  • Parse_StringToGuid auto-detects the format when parsing, so the pair is safe to round-trip through even though the formats differ from FGuid's default ToString().

Signature

static FString Conv_GuidToString( const FGuid& InGuid );

Parameters

Name Type Description Default
InGuid const FGuid& GUID to convert.

Return Type

FString

Example

Convert a GUID for display or storage C++
const FGuid Id = UKismetGuidLibrary::NewGuid();
const FString IdString = UKismetGuidLibrary::Conv_GuidToString(Id); // e.g. "A1B2C3D4E5F6A7B8C9D0E1F2A3B4C5D6"

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version Status Notes
5.6 stable

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