Underscore.js _.uniqueId() Function

Last Updated : 15 Oct, 2020

Underscore.js is a JavaScript library that provides a lot of useful functions that help in the programming in a big way like the map, filter, invoke, etc even without using any built-in objects.

The _.uniqueId() function is an inbuilt function in Underscore.js library of JavaScript which is used to generate a globally unique id for the client-side models or the DOM elements which requires one. When a prefix is passed as an argument to this method, the id generated will be appended to it.

Syntax:

_.uniqueId( prefix )

Parameters: It accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

prefix: It is the prefix that would be appended to the id It is am optional parameter.

Return Value: This method returns a globally unique id.

Example 1:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/underscore-min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        // Using _.uniqueId() method 
        // with its parameter
        console.log(_.uniqueId('gfG_'));
        console.log(_.uniqueId('Geeks_'));
        console.log(_.uniqueId('CS_'));
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

gfG_1
Geeks_2
CS_3

Example 2:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script src=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/underscore-min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        // Using a loop
        for (i = 3; i < 100; i *= 2) {

            // Calling uniqueId method
            // without any parameter   
            console.log(_.uniqueId());
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

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