Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Reorganize Table Numbering

[zgjiangtoby]

Hi,

I have a table numbered as "4(a)" and I want my next table to be numbered as "4(b)", but the result is "5(a)" instead. Any idea would be appreciate, many thanks!

ZG

[Johannes_B]

There are many possible reasons for this behaviour. I guess you put the second picture into an extra {figure} environment. If this is not the case, please provide a minimal working example. We need to see some code, or everybody would just guess.


Best regards
Johannes

[zgjiangtoby]

Here is my code. The second table is just named as "Table 5(b)" rather than "Table 4(b)".

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\begin{table}
  \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}(a)}
  \small
  \caption{This is table 4(a)}
  \label{t:4(a)}
  \begin{tabular}{r|rrrrr|rrrrr}\hline
    ~ & \multicolumn{5}{c|}{1}& \multicolumn{5}{|c}{2)} \\ \hline
      & & & & & & & & & &
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

\begin{table}
  \renewcommand{\thetable}{\arabic{table}(b)}
  \caption{This is table 4(b).}
  \label{t:4(b)}
  \begin{tabular}{r|rrrr|rrrr}\hline
    ~ & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{1)}& \multicolumn{4}{|c}{2)} \\ \hline
      & & & & & & & &
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}

Many thanks!

[localghost]

Seems to me as if you want some kind of sub-numbering for floats (tables here). This can be done by the subfloat package.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{caption}              % customization of float captions
\usepackage[countmax]{subfloat}   % subnumbering of floats

\renewcommand*\thesubfloatfigure{\themainfigure(\alph{subfloatfigure})}
\renewcommand*\thesubfloattable{\themaintable(\alph{subfloattable})}

\begin{document}
  \begin{subtables}\label{tabs:dummy}
    \begin{table}[!ht]
      \caption{Dummy table}
      \label{tab:dummy-a}
      \centering
      \rule{4in}{2.25in}  % replace with actual table code
    \end{table}

    \begin{table}[!ht]
      \caption{Dummy table}
      \label{tab:dummy-b}
      \centering
      \rule{4in}{2.25in}  % replace with actual table code
    \end{table}
  \end{subtables}
\end{document}

For details please refer to the package manual. Click on "Open in writeLaTeX" in the head of the above code box to see the output instantly.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten