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I want to use this style in my fancy header:

Number of Chapter - Title of Chapter

i.e: 1 - Chapter Name

I use this command, but I view only the title of chapter.

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\fancyhead[C]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}

How can I add the number of chapter ?

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    Please don't post fragments only.
    – user31729
    Dec 23, 2015 at 9:45
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    If "#1" is "1 - Chapter Name", it should be OK. Could you please post a minimal working example (MWE)?
    – Stephen
    Dec 23, 2015 at 9:52
  • @Stephen: It depends on the documentclass what #1 might be, so you're right: we need a MWE
    – user31729
    Dec 23, 2015 at 9:53
  • I don't understand why the \leftmark should appear in the center of the head?
    – user31729
    Dec 23, 2015 at 9:55
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    @ChristianHupfer: Well, you are right, my comment was too short. What I wanted to say was: We do not know when/where/how \chaptermark is used with which argument, thus without MWE it is not clear where (or whether) to add \thechapter{} - (or to change something else).
    – Stephen
    Dec 23, 2015 at 9:58

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A trial: I assume that the left mark should be empty (or it should use another style at least).

The \chaptermark{} must be redefined at begin of the \document body, otherwise the standard definition of \@chapapp.~#1 etc. is used.

Please note that the chapter start page is using another pagestyle, i.e. plain. 

\documentclass[oneside]{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\makeatletter

\AtBeginDocument{%
\def\chaptermark#1{%
  \markboth {\MakeUppercase{%
      \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
      \bfseries\thechapter~--~ %
      \fi
      \fi
      #1}}{}}%
}

\fancyhead[C]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{}
\fancyhead[L]{}

\makeatother

\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
\chapter{First one}
\blindtext[5]
\section{A section}
\chapter{Next chapter}
\blindtext[5]
\end{document}

resulting output from compiling the given code

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titleps is also a viable option for setting titles of sectional units in the header.

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\documentclass[oneside]{book}

\usepackage{titleps,lipsum}
\makeatletter
\newpagestyle{main}{
  \sethead{}      % left
          {\ifnum\c@secnumdepth>\m@ne\if@mainmatter
             \bfseries \thechapter~--~\chaptertitle
          \fi\fi} % center
          {}      % right
}
\g@addto@macro{\frontmatter}{\setheadrule{0pt}}
\g@addto@macro{\mainmatter}{\clearpage\setheadrule{.4pt}}
\makeatother

\pagestyle{main}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
\tableofcontents

\mainmatter
\sloppy% Just for this example
\chapter{First chapter}\lipsum[1-10]
\section{First section}\lipsum[1-10]
\section{Second section}\lipsum[1-10]
\section{Third section}\lipsum[1-10]
\section{Last section}\lipsum[1-10]
\chapter{Second chapter}\lipsum[11-20]
\section{First section}\lipsum[11-20]
\section{Second section}\lipsum[11-20]
\section{Third section}\lipsum[11-20]
\section{Last section}\lipsum[11-20]
\chapter{Third chapter}\lipsum[21-30]
\section{First section}\lipsum[21-30]
\section{Second section}\lipsum[21-30]
\section{Third section}\lipsum[21-30]
\section{Last section}\lipsum[21-30]
\chapter{Last chapter}\lipsum[31-40]
\section{First section}\lipsum[31-40]
\section{Second section}\lipsum[31-40]
\section{Third section}\lipsum[31-40]
\section{Last section}\lipsum[31-40]

\end{document}

It's good to review the quick guide as it show-cases the difference in input between fancyhdr and titleps.

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