How to cross reference a section and item in a list in single document?

Question

I want to cross reference sections as well as some items in the list in my document. for ex: \label helps us to cross reference the sections. If we renew the command to provide the cross reference for any item in an item, then its not available for section reference. But how can we do both in a single document?

Answer 1

There is no difference in using \label-\ref when it comes to sectioning commands or enumerated lists. Here is an example showing how to properly use it:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{A section}\label{sec:label}
Here is some text.
\begin{enumerate}
  \item An item
  \item Another item \label{enum:label}
\end{enumerate}
Reference to section~\ref{sec:label} and item~\ref{enum:label}.
\end{document}​​​

For more advanced (even automated) enumerated list labelling/referencing, you can use the label and ref options to enumerate provided by the enumitem package.