Use FM : GENERAL_GET_RANDOM_STRING.
Example :
DATA : lw_guid TYPE string.
CALL FUNCTION 'GENERAL_GET_RANDOM_STRING'
EXPORTING
number_chars = 32
IMPORTING
random_string = lw_guid.
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AnonymousPosted on1:47 pm - Mar 26, 2025
Nice, except that the 32 char string you get is *not* a GUID as your code implies. Instead, it contains upper and lower case characters (no numbers).
Good code should always use meaningful variable names. (And I saw a lot of badly readable code that misused the term GUID.)
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