General ⇒ Referencing the section in which a label appears

[kidd]

I created a new counter \newcounter{example} which resets at the start of each new section. I want to reference to this counter throughout my document, so I use \refstepcounter{counter} \label{x} and reference by \ref{x}. But then I am only given the counter number, say 2, instead of 3.2 (if it is in Section 3), which is what I desire.

There is a command \pageref{x}, which gives the page number in which a label appears. Something similar which gives the section number in which a label appears would be satisfactory.

Any suggestions?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi kidd,

welcome to the board!
Redefine \thecounter and use \thesection. Have a look at Manipulating the way counters are printed.

Stefan

[kidd]

Got it working now, thanks Stefan.

Martin