Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ table won't get referenced

[juliette]

Am I doing something wrong here ??
The reference keeps showing up as '??'


\begin{table}[th]
\begin{description}
\item[Table II]
Summary of experimental data used in the present study.
\end{description}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c c c c}
... all my data ...
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\label{tab:basic}
\end{table}

and the way I'm referencing it in the text is: \ref{tab:basic}

but it keeps showing up as questions marks for some reason )=

[localghost]

Am I doing something wrong here ?? […]

Yes, of course. You need a caption. See lshort.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}

\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!ht]
    \caption{Summary of experimental data used in the present study}\label{tab:basic}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{l*{10}{c}}
      % table contents
    \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{document}

Captions of floats can be customized with the caption package. If you want Roman numerals for the table counter, you can redefine it. Note that float numbering depends on the document class.


Best regards
Thorsten

[juliette]

Or is it that I can't reference tables when using RevTex 4 ??

[localghost]

Or is it that I can't reference tables when using RevTex 4 ??

No, that's not the cause. See my last reply. A \caption command is essential to get the right numbering for floats.

[juliette]

Perfect! It works! Thanks localgohst, I didn't see your response when typed the response regarding revtex4 .. but your original reply was enough to get it working. Thanks again!!