[Closed] string compare and convert to integer

the flaw is , when you have material without number at all…say : “woodOak” …thats only string no number at all. what do you want to do?

yeah I know this is why im wondering if there is a way to convert them to an integer, when I print out the materials they are done in the order that I need but I really wish I could get numerals from them for my binary script.

you can use

GetHandleByAnim mat;

to return a unique id for a material. BTW This Id is not safe across different max sessions.

so I was thinking this possibly if I were to make an numeral array of the current medit materials then I could somehow compare strings and create an array from the object materials.

Example of this~

OBJECTMATERIAL_array=#()
MEDITMATERIAL_array=#()
clearlistener()

for obj in geometry do(
	append OBJECTMATERIAL_array obj.material
)

for MTL = 1 to scenematerials.count do(
	MTERL = meditmaterials[MTL]
	append MEDITMATERIAL_array MTERL
)

print OBJECTMATERIAL_array
print MEDITMATERIAL_array

so I would take MEDITMATERIAL_array and make whatever order its in it will be 1,2,3,4 etc and I compare the names of OBJECTMATERIAL_array and append those numbers accordingly.

Ive come up with an unorthodox solution but it works.

OBJECTMATERIAL_array=#()
MEDITMATERIAL_array=#()
clearlistener()

for obj in geometry do(
	append OBJECTMATERIAL_array obj.material
)

for MTL = 1 to scenematerials.count do(
	MTERL = meditmaterials[MTL]
	append MEDITMATERIAL_array MTERL
)

for a = 1 to geometry.count do(
	for b = 1 to MEDITMATERIAL_array.count do(
		if OBJECTMATERIAL_array[a] == MEDITMATERIAL_array[b] then(
			print OBJECTMATERIAL_array[a]
			print b
		)
	)
)

the print of OBJECTMATERIAL_array is to show what material is currently applied to the geometry and the print of b is to show its current meditmaterial number