How can I generate a GUID for a string?

Question

I am having a problem generating a GUID for a string - for example:

Guid g = New Guid(\"Mehar\");

How can I compute a GUID for \"Meha

Answer 1

I think you have a misunderstanding of what a Guid actually is. There is no Guid representation of a string such as "Mehar".

The reason there is a new Guid(String s) overload is so that you can create a guid from a typical string representation of one, such as "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000".

See the wiki article for more information on what a Guid actually is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier