Guid string should only contain hexadecimal characters

Question

What is wrong exactly with this Guid? I get the error in the subject.

531fe55b-9qa5-4be3-af52-112e5adqe7a7

I am very sure that it was generated through .NET from the beginning.

`9qa5` - I'm fairly sure that `q` isn't a valid hex character, those being `0123456789abcdef`. There's a second `q` later on also. — Damien_The_Unbeliever, Aug 15 '12 at 12:43

Mark Byers · Answer 1 · 2012-08-15T12:45:10.353

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The problem is that it contains the letter q.

531fe55b-9qa5-4be3-af52-112e5adqe7a7
          ^                    ^

This is not a valid hexadecimal character.

edited Aug 15 '12 at 12:45

answered Aug 15 '12 at 12:42

Mark Byers

Thank you all. I was so puzzled over the error because I could bet my hat it was generated my .NET. – serializer Aug 15 '12 at 13:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '12 at 12:44

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A guid should not contain any q

answered Aug 15 '12 at 12:44

MortenRøgenes

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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From a quick trawl (about validating a Guid):

Basically, you can only have hex characters in a Guid, so the 'q's in your GUID above are not valid.

I sincerely doubt that this originally came from the framework.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

answered Aug 15 '12 at 12:44

Paddy

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