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C Continuing Counting | Counter-Reset | I Increment of counters | N New Counter | Numbering | Number of Figures/Pages/Tables/... in a Document | P Predefined Counter | R Removing a reset | Resetting | S Standard Counter | Style of counters | T Total Number of Figures/Tables/... in a Document | |
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Number of Figures/Pages/Tables/... in a Document
The number of pages in a document is available with the command
\ref{TotPages} from
package totpages from CTAN. If you want also write the total numbers of figures/tables/... at the beginning of your document, than try the following as an example for tables and documentclass book:
\newcommand*{\OrigChapter}{}
\let\OrigChapter\chapter
\newcounter{abstables}
\renewcommand*{\chapter}{%
\addtocounter{abstables}{\value{table}}%
\OrigChapter
}
\newcommand*{\AbsTables}{0}
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{%
\AtEndDocument{%
\addtocounter{abstables}{\value{table}}%
\immediate\write\@mainaux{%
\string\gdef\string\AbsTables{\number\value{abstables}}%
}%
}%
}
\makeatother
In your document you can write at the beginning or anywhere:
This doc has \AbsTables tables and \ref{TotPages} pages.
The above code for the preamble is different, if you
Continuing Counting
- If you want your figure to have the same number ("Figure 3") than the forgoing one,
just write
\addtocounter{figure}{-1}before the caption of the figures except the first. - If you want Figure 3a, Figure 3b etc. then put the following lines in the
preamble:
\newcounter{parentfigure} \newenvironment{subfigures}{% \refstepcounter{figure}% \protected@edef\theparentfigure{\thefigure}% \setcounter{parentfigure}{\value{figure}}% \setcounter{figure}{0}% \def\thefigure{\theparentfigure\alph{figure}}% \ignorespaces }{% \setcounter{figure}{\value{parentfigure}}% \ignorespacesafterend }Put\begin{subfigures}and\end{subfigures}before/after the figures.
Increment of Counters
New Counter
in latex preamble
in LaTeX the counter is named c@myCounter
Resetting a counter
Removing a given reset
- is possible with package remreset
\@removefromreset{myCounter}{section}
Now myCounter is no longer reset when a new section starts.Automatic reset
-
A given counter without any automatic reset can be modified with (in LaTeX preamble)
\@addtoreset{myCounter}{section}
Manual reset\setcounter{mycounter}{0}
myCounter maybe any predefined or new defined (with \newcounter) counter.
Predefined Counter
The following counter are predefined by LaTeX:
| part | enumi | page |
| chapter | enumii | equation |
| section | enumiii | figure |
| subsection | enumiv | table |
| subsubsection | footnote | |
| paragraph | mpfootnote | |
| subparagraph |
mpfootnote is the counter for footnotes in minipages. Remember that these counters are only predefined if the environment is also defined! For example: there is no chapter-counter in document-class article, because there is no chapter environment.
Numbering of Counters
Any counter can be printed with the prefix-command \the. A user defined counter myCounter can be printed with \themyCounter. The style can be changed with the \renewcommand. For example:
in LaTeX preamble:
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\thechapter-\arabic{figure}}
\renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{chapter}.\roman{table}.}
\renewcommand{\theequation}{\thechapter-\arabic{equation}}
Now the figures and equations are numbered like 2-5, means "chapter-number". This works only for book classes,
because artice classes do not have chapters. The tables are numbered like 2.IV.