Slitherine

ScenEdit_AddSide({name='USA'})
print('adding furst unit')
local u1 = ScenEdit_AddUnit({side='USA', type='Facility', guid='test unit 1', dbid=2784, 
    name='Generic Unit Name', latitude=19.004100276608, longitude=110.24596193077, }) 
local g1 = u1.guid
print('guid unit1 = '..g1)
print('')
print('adding second unit')
local u2 = ScenEdit_AddUnit({side='USA', type='Facility', guid='test unit 2', dbid=2784, 
    name='Generic Unit Name', latitude=19.002716269866, longitude=110.16686023683, }) 
local g2 = u2.guid
print('guid unit2 = '..g2)
print('')
print('getting unit with side and name:')
local res1 = ScenEdit_GetUnit({side='USA', name='Generic Unit Name'})
print(res1)
print('')
print('getting unit with guid:')
local res2 = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=g1})
print(res2)
print('')
print('getting unit with guid:')
local res3 = ScenEdit_GetUnit({guid=g2})
print(res3)

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If, however, you choose to use custom guid's, and attempt to create a second unit with the same guid as has been previously used, it will fail.

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If you allow the system to generate guids for you, and you use them to access your units, then you can be sloppy about your unit name data.

--5.1 generate basic 8-9char suffix for names. 
function gKH:GetRandomSuffix()
  local a = math.random(65,90); --generate random number from 65-90  {caps}
  local b = math.random(97,122); --generate random number from 97-122 {lower}
  local c = math.random(1000,99999)--generate random number from 1000-99999
  local d = math.random(65,90);--generate random number from 65-90  {caps}
  local e = math.random(97,122); --generate random number from 97-122 {lower}
  return '(' .. string.char(a,b) .. tostring(c) .. string.char(d,e) .. ')' 
end

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I have been told that this is not acceptable, to remove the extra garbage on the end of the names, and to change all my code to guid look-up.