Extracting the name of a material

[MAVEO]

Hey
I have a bit of a advanced idea: We name our materials like the following:

MaterialID_Materialname (f.e. 4_Glass)

So instead of manually typing in the Material ID every time I do a new material, I kinda want it to be automated, by extracting the number of the name to use as the MaterialID.

Is there away to get the string of a material in the Node Editor and delete everything from the underscore starting?

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi MAVEO,

This would be a request for Maxon,
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center
"Share Your Ideas"

I have tried to create it with XPresso, but the Output Node does not have a "Relative" reference setting option. This means it is more work, as you must drag the Output node each time into the XPresso Node.
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Perhaps this could be done with a Python script, which would be a direct question for the Developer Forum, with the same URL as above.

If you prepare materials right now, I think it is a good practice to start with leading zeros (e.g., 001, 002) to make the process easier.

In short, I am not aware of an option to do that with the latest design of the RS Nodes.

All the best