General ⇒ Referring to a particular table entry

[mgoldenbe]

Frequently in my articles I have a table accompanied by a text that cites numbers from the table and presents an analysis of those numbers. I would like a number in the text be updated automatically when I change the corresponding number in the table. I guess that I am looking for something like \label and \ref that mark an individual table entry rather than the whole table. Is there such a thing or can it be achieved?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

References are usually to labels, but not to the content. I understand that you would like to re-use the content. In this case, you could use macros or boxes.

For example, you could define values via \newcommand in the preamble and use it in the table and later.

Stefan