I have a counter which is used throughout my document. At the beginning of each chapter (right after the \chapter
command), I want to print the value of the counter which is reached immediately before the next \chapter
command. For e.g. At the first paragraph occurring within chapter 1, I want to display the last value the counter reached within chapter 1. At the first paragraph occurring within chapter 2, I want to display the last value the counter reached within chapter 2.
I have put together a partial solution, but I do not know if it is ideal:
I have the counter thecounter
, which is used for the entire length of my document. I use a custom macro for \chapter
called \newchapter
. This macro resets the counter each time back to "0" whenever I start a new chapter:
\newmacro{\newchapter}[1]{
\setcounter{thecounter}{0}
\chapter{#1}
}
I can further add to this macro by creating a variable which knows the value of the counter immediately before the reset:
\newmacro{\newchapter}[1]{
\def\valuebeforethechapterends{\value{thecounter}}
\setcounter{thecounter}{0}
\chapter{#1}
%the last value of the counter before it gets reset for the next chapter should be printed here
}
Within the first paragraph of each chapter, I'd like to display the value that the counter will reach before the next reset. Unfortunately, I do not know how to tell the code which \valuebeforethechapterends
to use, as it will be defined many times in the document.
How can I print the last value of the counter before it gets reset right after the \chapter
command in my macro?