Retrieve raw UUID

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Quick question: I am trying to retrieve the raw UUID string without protocol as it is stored in the content file. (e.g. 7gACUZcoLM3VHlKM instead of page://7gACUZcoLM3VHlKM).

Is there a way to use built in functions to achieve this?

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$page->uuid()->id()

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Thanks and sorry - not sure how I missed this. I had tried value() and toString()…