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13 Counters
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Everything LaTeX numbers for you has a counter associated with it.  The
name of the counter is often the same as the name of the environment or
command associated with the number, except that the counter's name has
no backslash '\'.  Thus, associated with the '\chapter' command is the
'chapter' counter that keeps track of the chapter number.

   Below is a list of the counters used in LaTeX's standard document
classes to control numbering.

     part            paragraph       figure          enumi
     chapter         subparagraph    table           enumii
     section         page            footnote        enumiii
     subsection      equation        mpfootnote      enumiv
     subsubsection

   The 'mpfootnote' counter is used by the '\footnote' command inside of
a minipage (Note: minipage).  The counters 'enumi' through 'enumiv'
are used in the 'enumerate' environment, for up to four levels of
nesting (Note: enumerate).

   Counters can have any integer value but they are typically positive.

   New counters are created with '\newcounter'.  Note: \newcounter.

\alph \Alph \arabic \roman \Roman \fnsymbol

Print value of a counter.

\usecounter

Use a specified counter in a list environment.

\value

Use the value of a counter in an expression.

\setcounter

Set the value of a counter.

\addtocounter

Add a quantity to a counter.

\refstepcounter

Add to a counter.

\stepcounter

Add to a counter, resetting subsidiary counters.

\day & \month & \year

Numeric date values.