Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Wrong Table Numbering in Subsections

[palorama]

hello everyone,

I have been at this all day! It is not working for me. I am working on my thesis and in my chapter 3, subsection 3.3.1 my tables come up with \ref and caption and labels (in the correct order, caption first) as 3.1 (my section number). This is the case for the 12 tables I have in this chapter.

I have tried EVERYTHING (various packages, changing order, deleting .aux, .lot files, compiling 1000 times, running it line by line, searching through all the forums) and I don't get it. I must be doing something wrong! I am calling on your wisdom! I included here my preamble and my table (they are in a separate tex file since the main document "calls" the chapter 3.

Thank you for your help, I will forever grateful!!

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\documentclass[12pt,titlepage,twosided]{book}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{4}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespace
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage[top=1in, bottom=1.5in, left=1in, right=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\usepackage{showkeys} %This package allows me to find keys and labels I have inserted in my document. I will need to remove once I am completely done with the document.
\usepackage[compact]{titlesec}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{1ex}{0.5ex}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{0.5ex}{0ex}
\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{0ex}{0ex}
\pagestyle{fancy}


\begin{document}


\mainmatter

\renewcommand{\chaptername}{} 

\include{3/chapter3}

....

\subsection{Why? Results III  \label{subsec: why}}

 \begin{table} \footnotesize
\caption{Distribution \label{table: how } }
\vspace{0.5cm}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c c c}
\hline
\hline

\textbf{Observations} & \textbf{Number of patterns} & \textbf{Percentage$^b$ of observed} \\
\\
\hline
\hline
\\
\bf{1} & 2 & 2\\
\\
\bf{2} & 2 & 2\\
\\
\bf{3} & 2 & 2\\
\\
\bf{4} & 2 & 2\\
\hline
\bf{Total} & 2 & 100.0\\
\hline
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\scriptsize $^a$Codes includedr}\\
\multicolumn{3}{l}{\scriptsize $^b$Percentages have been rounded.}\\

\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

....

\end{document}

[localghost]

Never put a label into a caption. You better put it completely right behind.

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\caption{Distribution}\label{tab:how}

This applies to all commands that support labels (e. g. sectioning commands).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[sommerfee]

Never put a label into a caption.

Why?

Laslie Lamport writes: "A label can appear in the argument of a sectioning or \caption command, but in no other moving arguments."

Edit: Typo

[localghost]

[…] Leslie Lamport writes: "A label can appear in the argument of a sectioning or \caption command, but in no other moving arguments."

Obviously I was mistaken. I remember to run into problems with some labels in the past and referred that to this case.

[palorama]

Thanks for the note. I have tried both ways and results are the same. I came across several posts that suggested it was good practice to do the label inside the caption. Any other suggestions? I bet 20$ with my husband that he would not find a solution before you all would! Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi palorama,

if you would like to get a solution it would be good if you would post a compilable example which shows the problem, so we could reproduce and fix the problem.
When I make this code compilable and copy and paste the first table to get more tables, they are numbered 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 - correctly one after another, per chapter. So one could just guess what might be the problem in your other code you did not post yet.

Stefan