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How to validate GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) using Regular Expression

  • Last Updated : 02 Feb, 2021

Given string str, the task is to check whether the given string is valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) or not by using Regular Expression.
The valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) must specify the following conditions: 

  1. It should be a 128-bit number.
  2. It should be 36 characters (32 hexadecimal characters and 4 hyphens) long.
  3. It should be displayed in five groups separated by hyphens (-).
  4. Microsoft GUIDs are sometimes represented with surrounding braces.

Examples: 

Input: str = “123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52” 
Output: true 
Explanation: 
The given string satisfies all the above mentioned conditions. Therefore, it is a valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier).
Input: str = “123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52” 
Output: false 
Explanation: 
The given string contains ‘h’, the valid hexadecimal characters should be followed by character from a-f, A-F, and 0-9. Therefore, it is not a valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier).
Input: str = “123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456” 
Output: false 
Explanation: 
The given string has 20 characters. Therefore, it is not a valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier). 

Approach: The idea is to use Regular Expression to solve this problem. The following steps can be followed to compute the answer:

  • Get the String.
  • Create a regular expression to check valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) as mentioned below:
     

regex = “^[{]?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}[}]?$” 

  • Where: 
    • ^ represents the starting of the string.
    • [{]? represents the ‘{‘ character that is optional.
    • [0-9a-fA-F]{8} represents the 8 characters from a-f, A-F, and 0-9.
    • – represents the hyphens.
    • ([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3} represents the 4 characters from a-f, A-F, and 0-9 that is repeated 3 times separated by a hyphen (-).
    • [0-9a-fA-F]{12} represents the 12 characters from a-f, A-F, and 0-9.
    • [}]? represents the ‘}’ character that is optional.
    • $ represents the ending of the string.
  • Match the given string with the Regular Expression. In Java, this can be done by using Pattern.matcher().
  • Return true if the string matches with the given regular expression, else return false.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:
 

C++




// C++ program to validate the
// GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) using Regular Expression
#include <iostream>
#include <regex>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to validate the GUID (Globally Unique Identifier).
bool isValidGUID(string str)
{
 
  // Regex to check valid GUID (Globally Unique Identifier).
  const regex pattern("^[{]?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-){3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}[}]?$");
 
 
  // If the GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
  // is empty return false
  if (str.empty())
  {
     return false;
  }
 
  // Return true if the GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
  // matched the ReGex
  if(regex_match(str, pattern))
  {
    return true;
  }
  else
  {
    return false;
  }
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
  // Test Case 1:
  string str1 = "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52";
  cout << isValidGUID(str1) << endl;
 
  // Test Case 2:
  string str2 = "{123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52}";
  cout <<  isValidGUID(str2) << endl;
 
  // Test Case 3:
  string str3 = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52";
  cout <<  isValidGUID(str3) << endl;
 
  // Test Case 4:
  string str4 = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456";
  cout <<  isValidGUID(str4) << endl;
 
  return 0;
}
 
// This code is contributed by yuvraj_chandra
Java



// Java program to validate
// GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
// using regular expression
 
import java.util.regex.*;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Function to validate
    // GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
    // using regular expression
    public static boolean
    isValidGUID(String str)
    {
        // Regex to check valid
        // GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
        String regex
            = "^[{]?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}"
              + "-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-)"
              + "{3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}[}]?$";
 
        // Compile the ReGex
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(regex);
 
        // If the string is empty
        // return false
        if (str == null) {
            return false;
        }
 
        // Find match between given string
        // and regular expression
        // uSing Pattern.matcher()
 
        Matcher m = p.matcher(str);
 
        // Return if the string
        // matched the ReGex
        return m.matches();
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
 
        // Test Case 1:
        String str2
            = "123e4567-e89b-12d3"
              + "-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52";
        System.out.println(
            isValidGUID(str2));
 
        // Test Case 2:
        String str3
            = "{123e4567-e89b-12d3-"
              + "a456-9AC7CBDCEE52}";
        System.out.println(
            isValidGUID(str3));
 
        // Test Case 3:
        String str1
            = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456"
              + "-9AC7CBDCEE52";
        System.out.println(
            isValidGUID(str1));
 
        // Test Case 4:
        String str4
            = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456";
        System.out.println(
            isValidGUID(str4));
    }
}
Python3



# Python3 program to validate
# GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
# using regular expression
import re
 
# Function to validate GUID
# (Globally Unique Identifier)
def isValidGUID(str):
 
    # Regex to check valid
    # GUID (Globally Unique Identifier)
    regex = "^[{]?[0-9a-fA-F]{8}" + "-([0-9a-fA-F]{4}-)" + "{3}[0-9a-fA-F]{12}[}]?$"
         
    # Compile the ReGex
    p = re.compile(regex)
 
    # If the string is empty
    # return false
    if (str == None):
        return False
 
    # Return if the string
    # matched the ReGex
    if(re.search(p, str)):
        return True
    else:
        return False
 
# Driver code
 
# Test Case 1:
str1 = "123e4567-e89b-12d3" + "-a456-9AC7CBDCEE52"
print(isValidGUID(str1))
 
# Test Case 2:
str2 = "{123e4567-e89b-12d3-" + "a456-9AC7CBDCEE52}"
print(isValidGUID(str2))
 
# Test Case 3:
str3 = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456" + "-9AC7CBDCEE52"
print(isValidGUID(str3))
 
# Test Case 4:
str4 = "123e4567-h89b-12d3-a456"
print(isValidGUID(str4))
 
# This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155
Output: 
true
true
false
false
 

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