Questions tagged [counters]
{counters} is about macro writing involving counters. For general questions about numbering document elements, use {numbering}.
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Why is not there any \refcounter command in LaTeX?
We have the \stepcounter command in LaTeX where
\stepcounter{counter} adds one to the counter and resets all
subsidiary counters.
We also have the \refstepcounter command where
\refstepcounter{...
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How can one count the number of cited bibtex entries of a given type?
How does one print the number of cited entries of type "@inproceedings", of type "@article", etc.
E.g., There are \ref{articlecounter} Journal articles.
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Reproduce the beamer miniframes environment
I would like to reproduce the miniframes features of beamer, with the bullets per section even though it would concern the chapters per part. I need a counter counting the total number of chapters in ...
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Reset question numbering in exam class without affecting grade table
Purpose: I need to create a document that contains multiple individual exams. I have already applied heavy customisations to the exam class so I wish to continue using it rather than having to start ...
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ConTeXt equivalent of LaTeX's \label and \refstepcounter?
In LaTeX I can label anything provided that it is numbered with a referenceable counter. Moreover, references are automatically numbered with \refstepcounter. For instance, I write the following:
\...
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Numbering counter out of order - reledmac / reledpar
TL;DR In a parallel type setting environment using reledmac / reledpar, the footnote numbering is out of order.
I am currently creating a Latex document in a twoside class which contains a bilingual ...
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Counting number of references using environment or special bib-entry field
Suppose, that we write a survey. Somehow we need to count a number of reviewed papers. The simplest way is to create a counter, say, refsRev and add 1 at each \cite.
I created newcommand \rcite, ...
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XeLaTeX: Counters not working correctly with expex
I'm using expex for glossing translations of foreign languages. I want to label certain words in the gloss which I want to explain later with numbers in superscripts. Then I plan to use enumerate to ...
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Two different counters in chemnum package
Is there any possibility to use two independent counters within the chemnum package? I would like to label (by replacing the tags in my .eps file) substances in reactions and steps in catalytic cycles ...
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beamer - overlays and counter
I have a macro with counters in it and overlays (class beamer). Every time I use overlays it increases the counters although it should not.
Macro:
\def\test{\thesection\stepcounter{section}}
Main ...
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number question
I'm trying to figure out how I can make numbers in my index sort in ascending order, right now 11 is sorting between 1 and 2, i'm trying to make it come after 9 and 10. I could add a 0 before the ...
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How to count section pages in LaTeX and display them in a progress bar?
I am currently writing a student work in latex as a scrartcl. I would like to make an overview in my document of how many pages I still have to write in each section. So like an actual/target ...
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Counter for version of document
I am trying to create a version counter of the document, to indicate which version the user is reading. Based on this answer:
Add version number to document from file I managed to create this counter....
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counters, newcount and pgfcalendar, macros
I am trying to use the pdfcalendar library, but I think I'm confused by the definitions.
My Question: What kind of LaTeX counter/macro/variable can I use with pgfcalendar functions? Do I have to ...
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Print character count
Background inspiration and code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bashful}
\pagestyle{empty}
\bash
texcount -sum -1 tmp.tex
\END
\begin{document}
%here is a front page and a table of contents
%...
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Bar graph with elements from the document
In my document, I define some elements which all have a number (from 1 for the first to n for the last one) and a level (1, 2 or 3).
At the end of the document, I'd like to create a bar-graph with ...
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How to change imakeidx section title without breaking the .ind file creation?
I'm using a macro that messed around with the \section command, breaking \printindex in the process when using imakeidx. I'm pretty sure the problem lies about lines 252-253 in imakeidx.sty:
\def\...
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How to solve \begin{poem} -— \end{poem} undefined control sequence error, and reset counter with each poem environment
the MWE is here;
% SAMPLE: https://imgur.com/a/5ZEN5jG
\documentclass[twoside,a5paper,10pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{...
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How do I reset group index counter
Sometimes I want labels of numbered lists like:
Exercise 2.2
(a)
(b)
For others, I want to display like:
Theorem 2.3
(i)
(ii)
For this end, I add \begingroup and \endgroup and \...
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What is the subequations counter named?
If I want to change the equation numbering I can use
\addtocounter{equation}{n}.
How do I change the subequation numbering? E.g. if I want to label a subequation by 1.7?
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How to fix page numbering/selection of page side with two abstracts (doublepage, twoside report)
I try to include two different abstract pages as for example here: Abstracts in different languages on the same page - all different solutions I found were tested.
The Problem becomes obvious when you ...
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How can I reset a counter when calling two different environments?
I defined my own counter which resets every time I call the environment ``environment1''. It works as expected.
\newcounter{ado}[environment1]
I wanted it to be reseted as well when I call the ...
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How to make cross-reference two different books in one book?
MWE
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\begin{document}
% Start pages of Volume I
VOLUME I: MATH BOOK
%\...
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Unprotect and remove commands inside \nameref and TOC
How do I make my commands context aware, or in particular, how do I remove commands when I refer to them within \nameref or TOC? See an example below, where a counter is incremented when I refer to a ...
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Countinuations of examples
In the accepted answer of the following question: Continuing an earlier theorem-like environment with amsthm & thmtools, two methods are described for continuation of examples.
I would like to ...
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create a newcounter with starting value and increment the counter on every page
create a new counter with starting value and increment the counter on every page, below code is working in texlive17 but I am using texlive15 so i getting the error, is it any alternative solution.
\...
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Set up an environment with multiple counters
I am writing solutions for a textbook and the exercises are labelled as [chapter].[section].[exercise] (ex: 6.4.32 would be exercise 32 from section 4 of chapter 6). How do I create a theorem ...
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Track changes in LaTeX counters' values
I would like to execute a macro whenever a specific counter changes value. For example:
\newcommand{\process}[1]{do something with argument}
% ??? (What should I write here?)
\stepcounter{somecounter}...
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reset exo numbering and its add-ons
I would appreciate your guidance in resolving this issue:
I want to reset to zero the exercise number and the indication of the exercise and its correction:
\documentclass[11pt,draft]{book}
\...
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Figure numbering after sections
I'm writing my thesis and it has chapters, section, subsections and subsubsections. In the TOC only up until the subsections are present shown below:
My figures are usually under a subsection but I ...
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Can't simultaneously have superscripted footnotes in text and footnote counter not cycling back to 1 with each chapter
I want my footnotes superscripted in the text and numbered continuously in the text of my book from 1 to n, without restarting at 1 with each chapter. In the MWE below, if I comment out the \chngcntr ...
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How can I number examples in the previous section?
How can I number the examples like the picture I attached?
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How to add custom numbering to sections or subsections?
I would like to have subsections with "parts" like the following code but possibly managed automatically.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Lorem}
\subsection{Ipsum part 1: Foo}
\...
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One latex source producing several pdf files with continuing counters
I am looking for a way of splitting a textbook into lecturenotes for individual lectures. That is, I have a latex file textbook.tex and I would like to produce pdfs lecture1.pdf, lecture2.pdf.
The ...
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Can Even Pages Be Right Pages?
SETCOUNTER in BOOK changes page numbers as well as directions—odd pages are right pages and vice versa. This is an example.
\documentclass{book}
\title{TEXT}
\author{TEXT}
\date{TEXT}
\begin{document}...
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How do I reset the setcounter for a custom lstlistingname in latex?
I am fairly new to the world of LaTeX and am currently working on a report. Throughout the report there are several tables, figures and commands. For the figures and tables I found the working code ...
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Custom counter for oddside and evenside margins
When using the twoside in the article class, resetting the page counter creates an issue in regards to the odd and even side margins. Is it possible to declare a custom counter that article considers ...
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beamer: finding out if there is content in the appendix
I am trying to determine if there are pages in the appendix. If there are I want to show a separation page/frame as indicator but in the handout mode only. In my current setup (due to some ...
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Non-integer valued counter increment for h2020proposal.cls
The question I have has already been answered here: Nice looking invoices. However, the code I have to modify using this answer is not easy for me to interpret. I could probably figure it out ...
