Text Formatting ⇒ Print total number of \item entries in an enumerate list

[svend_tveskaeg]

I have made a rather long list using the enumerate package. Part of my list (with preamble) is in the attached file.


Problem:
I would like LaTeX to print the total number of \item entries in my list.

In my attached example the number I would like LaTeX to print is 6, but there are over 500 entries in my ``real'' list.


P.S. I'm new at LaTeX...

[localghost]

Try the totcount package. The concerning counter would be enumi (first level enumeration) in this case.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[svend_tveskaeg]

Thank you for the reply!

I don't know exactly what to write in my document---can you please help me? I'm probably just ``dumb'' but I can't figure out what the problem is.

See the attached file for my poor attempt. LaTeX doesn't print anything when I try this.

[svend_tveskaeg]

Wauw; I was indeed ``dumb''! I forgot to load the keyval package, but it still won't produce anything.

I have attached the updated (La)TeX file together with the log file.

I hope you can and will help me.

[svend_tveskaeg]

Problem solved!

I have attached my TeX file so other people who are interested can see a possible solution.

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can create a new counter and use it to keep record of the total number of times that the \movie command was used, as the following code illustrates:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true,urlcolor=black]{hyperref}

\newcounter{mycounter}

\newcommand{\options}[3]{\color{#1}#2\fontsize{#3}{#3}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\movie}[4]{\stepcounter{mycounter}%
 \item \fontsize{12pt}{12pt}\selectfont
  \textsf{[#4]\enskip\href{#1}{#2} (#3)}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}[\options{blue}{\bfseries\sffamily}{10pt}$\star$\qquad]
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/}{All Quiet on the Western Front}{1930}{8,1}
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/}{All the President's Men}{1976}{8,0}
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/}{American Gangster}{2007}{8,0}
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/}{American History X}{1998}{8,6}
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052561/}{Anatomy of a Murder}{1959}{8,1}
  \movie{http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/}{Apocalypse Now}{1979}{8,6}
\end{enumerate}
My total number of movies is \themycounter.

\setcounter{mycounter}{0} % to reinitialize the counter, if necessary

\end{document}