How to refer Appendix in a paper?

Question

I put \label{} after each section and use \nameref with that label name for referring section names in the document. But that doesn't work with \appendix. What is the correct way to refer a section in a paper?

\label{appendix}

\section{Background}
\label{sec:background}

How do I refer to background section?

Answer 1

The nameref works in the appendix also (as shown in MWE of this answer). Hence without a complete MWE, we won't be able to help.

However, a better idea will be to use the package cleveref.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\begin{document}
\section{One}\label{sec:one}
\lipsum[1]
\appendix
\label{appendix}

\section{Background}
\label{sec:background}
\lipsum[2]

From sections~\nameref{sec:one} and~\nameref{sec:background}, we get the idea of using \verb|nameref| from \verb|hyperref|!

From sections~\ref{sec:one} and~\ref{sec:background}, do we get the idea?

From \cref{sec:one} and~\cref{sec:background}, do we get the idea of using the package \verb|cleveref|?


\end{document}

For details, refer to the package documentation (texdoc cleveref from command prompt)