how to use the uniqueid function from the lodash library in typescript

To use the uniqueid function from the Lodash library in TypeScript, you'll first need to install Lodash and its type declarations:

npm install lodash
npm install --save-dev @types/lodash
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Then, you can use the import statement to bring in the uniqueid function and declare its type:

index.ts
import { uniqueId } from 'lodash';

const id1: string = uniqueId(); // Generates a unique ID string
const id2: string = uniqueId('prefix_'); // Generates a unique ID string with a specified prefix
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In this example, we're using an import statement to bring in the uniqueid function from Lodash. We then declare two variables id1 and id2 of type string and assign them the value returned by calling uniqueId. The function call without argument generates a unique ID string with a default prefix 'id'. The second function call generates a unique ID string with a custom prefix 'prefix_'. With these type declarations in TypeScript, you'll get better type checking and code completion support.