Why does my figure placing at the end of the chapter? [duplicate]

Question

I have a MWE as given below:

/*Packages that are being used
...
...
*/

\chapter{...}
\section{...}
\paragraph{...}
\section{...}
...
\section{...}
\paragraph{...}
(some text)
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[scale=0.675,angle=90]{filename}
    \caption[reference]{caption}
\end{figure}

\section{...}
\paragraph{...}

Instead of appearing in the place I expected in the middle of the text, my figure ends up at the end of the chapter after the last paragraph. How could I solve this?

Following suggestions I tried \begin{figure}[h], \begin{figure}[ht] and \begin{figure}[htbp] but figure still goes to the end of chapter.

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Solved using \usepackage{float} and \begin{figure}[H], as suggested in How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

Answer 1

You forgot to include a a figure placement specifier. Your code should look like this:

\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[scale=0.675,angle=90]{filename}
    \caption[reference]{caption}
\end{figure}

Note the addition of [h] to the \begin{figure}. There are a few different placement specifiers, but it seems like you want [h], which means place it here.

EDIT: At the request of a commenter, I will add that it is recommended never to use just [h] on its own, but instead to use [ht], meaning place the float here, but if not at the top of the next page.