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`guidFromString` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlb_guidutil.h>`

Parse the specified `guidString` (in {GUID String Format}) and return the converted GUID, or a default‐constructed `Guid` if the string is improperly formatted.


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Parse `guidString` as a GUID and load the value into `result`.


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== Return Value

* the converted GUID, or a default‐constructed `Guid` if `guidString` is improperly formatted
* 0 if `result` was successfully loaded, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *guidString*
| string in {GUID String Format} to parse
| *result*
| GUID object to populate
|===


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