Print a GUID variable

Question

I have a GUID variable and I want to write inside a text file its value. GUID definition is:

typedef struct _GUID {          // size is 16
    DWORD Data1;
             


        

Answer 1

In case you prefer C++ way

std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, REFGUID guid){

    os << std::uppercase;
    os.width(8);
    os << std::hex << guid.Data1 << '-';

    os.width(4);
    os << std::hex << guid.Data2 << '-';

    os.width(4);
    os << std::hex << guid.Data3 << '-';

    os.width(2);
    os << std::hex
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[0])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[1])
        << '-'
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[2])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[3])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[4])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[5])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[6])
        << static_cast<short>(guid.Data4[7]);
    os << std::nouppercase;
    return os;
}

Usage:

static const GUID guid = 
{ 0xf54f83c5, 0x9724, 0x41ba, { 0xbb, 0xdb, 0x69, 0x26, 0xf7, 0xbd, 0x68, 0x13 } };

std::cout << guid << std::endl;

Output:

F54F83C5-9724-41BA-BBDB-6926F7BD6813

Answer 2

I know the question is quite old, but would this work maybe?

inline std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream& ss,GUID const& item) {
  OLECHAR* bstrGuid;
  ::StringFromCLSID(item, &bstrGuid);
  ss << bstrGuid;
  ::CoTaskMemFree(bstrGuid);
  return ss;
}

Answer 3

printf(%X-%X-%X-%X-%X", guid.Data1, guid.Data2, guid.Data3, &guid.Data4);

Answer 4

Inspired by JustinB's answer

#define GUID_FORMAT "%08lX-%04hX-%04hX-%02hhX%02hhX-%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX%02hhX"
#define GUID_ARG(guid) guid.Data1, guid.Data2, guid.Data3, guid.Data4[0], guid.Data4[1], guid.Data4[2], guid.Data4[3], guid.Data4[4], guid.Data4[5], guid.Data4[6], guid.Data4[7]

and then

printf("Int = %d, string = %s, GUID = {" GUID_FORMAT "}\n", myInt, myString, GUID_ARG(myGuid));

Answer 5

std::string
GuidToString(const GUID& guid, bool lower = false)
{
    const char* hexChars = lower ? "0123456789abcdef" : "0123456789ABCDEF";

    auto f = [hexChars](char* p, unsigned char v)
    {
        p[0] = hexChars[v >> 4];
        p[1] = hexChars[v & 0xf];
    };

    char s[36];
    f(s, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data1 >> 24));
    f(s + 2, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data1 >> 16));
    f(s + 4, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data1 >> 8));
    f(s + 6, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data1));
    s[8] = '-';
    f(s + 9, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data2 >> 8));
    f(s + 11, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data2));
    s[13] = '-';
    f(s + 14, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data3 >> 8));
    f(s + 16, static_cast<unsigned char>(guid.Data3));
    s[18] = '-';
    f(s + 19, guid.Data4[0]);
    f(s + 21, guid.Data4[1]);
    s[23] = '-';
    f(s + 24, guid.Data4[2]);
    f(s + 26, guid.Data4[3]);
    f(s + 28, guid.Data4[4]);
    f(s + 30, guid.Data4[5]);
    f(s + 32, guid.Data4[6]);
    f(s + 34, guid.Data4[7]);

    return std::string(s, 36);
}