System.Guid.ToString Method

Returns a string representation of the value of this instance in registry format.

Syntax

public override string ToString ()

Returns

The value of this Guid, formatted by using the "D" format specifier as follows:

xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

where the value of the GUID is represented as a series of lowercase hexadecimal digits in groups of 8, 4, 4, 4, and 12 digits and separated by hyphens. An example of a return value is "382c74c3-721d-4f34-80e5-57657b6cbc27". To convert the hexadecimal digits from a through f to uppercase, call the string.ToUpper method on the returned string.

Remarks

This method provides a default GUID format that is sufficient for typical use; however, other versions of this method that take a format parameter provide a few common format variations.

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0