Text Formatting ⇒ References without Prefix

[jbgrad]

Hi

After doing some searching online, I found that I could conveniently define:

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\makeatletter
\def\p@table{Table~}
\def\p@figure{Figure~}
\makeatother

However, there are times when I only want the \thefigure corresponding to a label, not \p@figure\thefigure, like \ref gives. Is there a ref-like command to do this, or a simple way to define my own command? Or if I could be pointed to the "official" version of \ref (I have no idea where it is defined) I could use it as a reference.

Thanks

[cgnieder]

I guess the most convenient way is using cleveref:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{cleveref}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[ht]
 a table
 \caption{A Table}
 \label{tab:table}
\end{table}

Reference with name: \Cref{tab:table} or \cref{tab:table}
and without: \ref{tab:table}

\end{document}

Anyway, the definition of \ref can be found in a file called latex.ltx which you can find in the base directory of the TeX tree (tex/latex/base). There you'll find these lines:

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\def\G@refundefinedtrue{%
  \gdef\@refundefined{%
    \@latex@warning@no@line{There were undefined references}}}
\let\@refundefined\relax
\def\@setref#1#2#3{%
  \ifx#1\relax
   \protect\G@refundefinedtrue
   \nfss@text{\reset@font\bfseries ??}%
   \@latex@warning{Reference `#3' on page \thepage \space
             undefined}%
  \else
   \expandafter#2#1\null
  \fi}
\def\ref#1{\expandafter\@setref\csname r@#1\endcsname\@firstoftwo{#1}}
\def\pageref#1{\expandafter\@setref\csname r@#1\endcsname
                                   \@secondoftwo{#1}}

Regards