Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ No counter 'subfigure@save' defined (subfigure not installed

[fboehlandt]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use the subfig package. However, I get the known error:

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No counter 'subfigure@save' defined

I don't have the subfigure package installed however. Does it create conflicts with other packages (subcaption for instance)?

I am preparing a minimum working example to post

[fboehlandt]

And here the minimum 'non'-working example. I have included all packages that I use

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\documentclass[preprint,authoryear,12pt]{elsarticle}

\showboxdepth=5
\showboxbreadth=5

%% usepackage
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[graphicx]{realboxes}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{booktabs, multicol, multirow}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{nameref}
\usepackage[hyphens]{url}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[retainorgcmds]{IEEEtrantools}
\usepackage[miktex]{gnuplottex}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{filecontents,pgfplots}
\usepackage{tkz-fct}

%% new packages
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{mwe}    % loads »blindtext« and »graphicx«
\usepackage{subfig}
%% new packages

\usetkzobj{all}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.7}

\begin{document}

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \subfloat[First sub-figure\label{subfig-1:dummy}]{%
      \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{example-image-a}
    }
    \hfill
    \subfloat[First sub-figure\label{subfig-2:dummy}]{%
      \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{example-image-b}
    }
    \caption{Dummy figure}
    \label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}

\end{document}

[fboehlandt]

I found the culprit: as suspected, subcaption and subfig do not go together. Does anybody know why?

[cgnieder]

This may be a stupid question but why do you want subcaption and subfig?

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\documentclass[preprint,authoryear,12pt]{elsarticle}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{graphicx}
% \usepackage{float}% not needed with `caption'
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\usepackage{mwe}    % loads »blindtext« and »graphicx«
% \usepackage{subfig}% not needed with `subcaption'

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
  \begin{minipage}[b]{.5\linewidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{example-image-a}
    \subcaption{First sub-figure}\label{subfig-1:dummy}
  \end{minipage}
  \hfill
  \begin{minipage}[b]{.5\linewidth}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{example-image-b}
    \subcaption{Second sub-figure}\label{subfig-2:dummy}
  \end{minipage}
  \caption{Dummy figure}
  \label{fig:dummy}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Regards

[fboehlandt]

not stupid at all. And I don't. It is probably a good idea to keep an eye on the packages installed/called and remove the ones you don't use.

[sommerfee]

I found the culprit: as suspected, subcaption and subfig do not go together. Does anybody know why?

They use the same counters and interfaces to both the LaTeX kernel and the caption package, but in a slightly different way.
(Same goes for the subfigure package, but this one does not have an dependency on the caption package.)