[OS X TeX] Bug in \ref ???

Edward M. Roche eroche at mac.com
Fri Sep 13 22:41:40 CEST 2002



Thanks so very much. I feel like an idiot. I greatly appreciate your 
response. Ed


On Friday, September 13, 2002, at 04:33 PM, Donal B. Day wrote:

> It not  a bug - its a feature!
>
> I have had this problem before and the solution is simple. The \label{}
> has to go after the caption. This allows (in figure environment) to have
> multiple figures with different captions and labels  so as to reference
> them individually.
>
> Donal Day
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002,
> Edward M. Roche wrote:
>
>> I a table with a \label indicator. Although the entry "on
>> page~\pageref{tab:name}" works correctly, then entry "as seen in
>> Table~\ref{tab:name}" yields an incorrect result.
>> In the specific case, the output will read:
>> "as seen in Table 11.2 on page 63." The "63" is correct, but the "11.2"
>> should read Table 12, **as is shown on the Table caption itself!**.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I've put the details below. (but have shortened the table)
>>
>> There is always the problem of what is included and what is excluded in
>> any cost estimation. See Table~\ref{tab:outsourcing} on
>> page~\pageref{tab:outsourcing}.
>>
>>
>> \begin{table}
>> \begin{center}
>> \begin{tabular}{cl}
>> \multicolumn{2}{c}{Top 10 Reasons to Outsource} \\
>> \  & \  \\
>> \hline
>> 1. & Reduce and control operating costs. \\
>> 2. & Improve company focus. \\
>> \hline
>> \end{tabular}
>> \label{tab:outsourcing}
>> \caption{The top 10 reasons why companies outsource according to the
>>    Outsourcing Institute~\cite{pro:outsourcing-institute}.}
>> \end{center}
>> \end{table}
>>
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