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I want to determine how many pages I need for my toc which will be displayed in two coloumns with 10 (sub)sections each page.

So if I had 8 sections and 20 subsections the code should return 28.

Edit: If someone knows a solution with only one run it's highly appreciated.

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    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 12:56
  • Do you mean the total number of frames???
    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 12:57
  • No, I mean the total number of (sections + subsections)
    – user49121
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 12:57
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    Try the totcount package on the section and subsection counters and then add the numbers ;-)
    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 13:00

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Reset to default
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See the improved version below!!!

First: Quick and dirty solution: This works, as long there are no \chapter commands, which reset the section counter.

However, the subsection counter is reset by \section: Either one drops the resetting or a special redefinition of \subsection is applied, using another totalsubsection counter.

After all, the value is stored in the counter variable \mytotalcounter.

\documentclass{beamer}

\usepackage{totcount}

\newcounter{mytotalcounter}

\begin{document}
\regtotcounter{section}
\regtotcounter{subsection}

\newcounter{totalsubsection}

\regtotcounter{totalsubsection}%

\let\BeamerSubsection\subsection

\renewcommand{\subsection}[1]{%
\refstepcounter{totalsubsection}%
\BeamerSubsection{#1}%
}%



\setcounter{mytotalcounter}{\totvalue{section}}
\addtocounter{mytotalcounter}{\totvalue{totalsubsection}}

There are \themytotalcounter~section units

\section{A}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{B}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{C}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{D}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{E}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{F}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{G}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}

\section{H}
\subsection{A1}
\subsection{A2}
\subsection{A3}


\end{document}

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Improved version

This does not redefine the \subsection command, but uses the \pretocmd macro from etoolbox package.

\documentclass{beamer}%
\usepackage{etoolbox}%
\usepackage{totcount}%
\usepackage{forloop}%

\newcounter{mytotalcounter}%
\newcounter{totalsubsection}%

\regtotcounter{totalsubsection}%
\regtotcounter{section}%



\AtBeginDocument{%
\pretocmd{\subsection}{\refstepcounter{totalsubsection}}{\typeout{Yes, prepending was successful}}{\typeout{No, prepending was not it was successful}}%

\CalculateTotalSectionSubsection%
}%


\newcommand{\CalculateTotalSectionSubsection}{%
\setcounter{mytotalcounter}{\totvalue{section}}%
\addtocounter{mytotalcounter}{\totvalue{totalsubsection}}%
}%

\newcounter{loopsections}
\newcounter{loopsubsections}



\begin{document}

There are \themytotalcounter~(sub)section units
\forloop{loopsections}{1}{\number\value{loopsections} < 9}{%
\section{Section \Alph{loopsections}}
\forloop{loopsubsections}{1}{\number\value{loopsubsections} < 4}{%
\subsection{Subsection \Alph{loopsections}.\arabic{loopsubsections}}
}
}%

\end{document}

The output does not change, so I kept the old screen shot

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  • Thank you, that works. Unfortunaly it requires two runs.
    – user49121
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 13:12
  • Almost anything connected to labels/counters within LaTeX requires two runs ;-)
    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:13
  • Your redefinition of \subsection might be better; in its present form, you are suppressing the optional argument, so \subsection[titleA]{titleB} will produce undesired results.
    – Gonzalo Medina
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:40
  • @GonzaloMedina: I know, therefore I used the improved version. The first version was in a hurry
    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 14:42
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    @TimS: Don't worry, even if you provide a theme, most TeX documents require at least two runs, so an experienced user will have issue with that. Happy TeXing! ;-)
    – user31729
    Commented Jul 21, 2014 at 19:36

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