Re: Defining a new LaTeX-counter (off-topic)

[Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au>]

Mark Wagnon:
> Johann Spies wrote:
...
> > \newcounter{mynecounter}
> > 
> > However the following file results in an error message when I run LaTeX:
...
> > \bepaling
... 
> I am by no means a LaTeX guru, but I think the problem is that \bepaling
> isn't a TeX or LaTeX command.

If you are trying to print out the value of the counter, you need to say
*how* you want it printed out:
   \arabic{bepaling} or \roman{bepaling} or whatever

> If you're trying to increment the counter then according to A Guide to
> LaTeX2e by Kopka and Daly, you need to use the \stepcounter command like
> so:
> 
>    \stepcounter{bepaling}

To reset the counter, use
	\setcounter{bepaling}1

To make things easier, you can define a command:

\newcommand{\bepaling}{Bepaling \arabic{bepaling}\stepcounter{bepaling}}

(Note: if you are making a command that lots of other people might use,
it's a good idea to put all text in a separate command for localization's
sake. Ie, instead of `Bepaling' it would say `\bepalingtext'.)


There's a way to step a counter by more than one, but I think I only ever
did that with inbuilt counters or those allocated with \newcount.

Jiri
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