IDSTRING

Name

idstring

Purpose (one Line Only)

Generate a (hopefully) unique string

Description

This is used to provide a string that can be used to identify something
unique to the current calculation. The provided string can be used to
tag things, like a unique process that is running on a given computer
that can be used to tag and refer to different things running on the same
(or different) machine.

Calling Sequence

str=idstring(seed)

Inputs

Optional Input Parameters

seed - optional input, seed for the random number generator. the default
is an undefined variable which is then passed to randomu.

Keyword Input Parameters

SILENT - flag, if set will suppress informative output

Outputs

Returns a single string with the host name, followed by '_' followed by
4 digits to make it (nearly) unique

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

2016/12/31 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute