On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:43:04PM +1000, John Sheahan wrote:
> > It is possible using latex code:
> > \newcounter{tmp}
> > \setcounter{tmp}{0}
> > \addtocounter{tmp}{10}
> > \addtocounter{tmp}{5}
> > \arabic{tmp}
> >
> > To save typing, you can use
> > \newcommand{\add}[1]{\addtocounter{tmp}{#1}}
> > and then you can write \add{10} instead of \addtocounter{tmp}{10}
>
> secondly, I want to gather a few numbers from random sections together
> in the summary chapter. And to be really difficult my summary is at
> the start of the document. \arabic{blah} appears to work as long as the
> summary is after the sum.
Add the end of your document, add
\addtocounter{tmp}{-1}
\refstepcounter{tmp}
and then insert a label, e.g. "foo" (after the code above).
Then in the place you want the sum, insert a reference to the label.
BTW, when you time \add{3}, you will not see the number 3 in the output.
If you want the number to always appear in the output, define the \add
command as follows:
\newcommand{\add}[1]{#1\addtocounter{tmp}{#1}}
>
> Given the number of documents I've read where there are obselete
> sections after a couple of changes, many word processors must have
> this problem.
>
> regards, John
