From f0b68207bcc889c08aa6385334a268beedfaad74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Rigoni <thomas.rigoni7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 17:20:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed Peplinski soil material name bug

---
 gprMax/materials.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gprMax/materials.py b/gprMax/materials.py
index db0d3284..7aac97ef 100644
--- a/gprMax/materials.py
+++ b/gprMax/materials.py
@@ -312,8 +312,9 @@ class PeplinskiSoil(object):
             # Effective conductivity
             sig = muiter[0]**(b2 / a) * ((sigf * (self.rs - self.rb)) / (self.rs * muiter[0]))
 
-            # Check to see if the material already exists before creating a new one
-            materialID = '|{:.4f}_{}|'.format(float(muiter[0]), fractalboxname)
+            # Add enough zeroes to the material name so that they have the same length
+            digitscount =  len(str(int(nbins)))
+            materialID = '|{}_{}|'.format(fractalboxname, str(muiter.index + 1).zfill(digitscount))
             m = Material(len(G.materials), materialID)
             m.type = 'debye'
             m.averagable = False