Text Formatting ⇒ Output of a counter BEFORE counting

[Stefan Kottwitz]

When defining a new environment you should probably use \addtocounter and not \setcounter in case you want to use two lists which total to the same counter.

Yes, something like this. The exact way depends on the requirements, but here's a way for summarizing counters also over several environments.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{totcount}
\newtotcounter{Nature}
\newtotcounter{Other}
\newcommand{\currentcountername}{}
\newenvironment{totenumerate}[2][0]{%
  \renewcommand{\currentcountername}{#2}
  \setcounter{\currentcountername}{#1}%
  \enumerate}{%
  \endenumerate%
  \addtocounter{\currentcountername}{\value{enumi}}
}  
\begin{document}
\noindent The total number will be \total{Nature},
the number together with all others is \total{Other}.
\begin{totenumerate}{Nature}
  \item{First item}
  \item{Second item}
  \item{Third item}
  \item{Fourth item}
\end{totenumerate}
More to follow:
\begin{totenumerate}[\value{Nature}]{Other}
  \item{First other item}
  \item{Second other item}
\end{totenumerate}
\end{document}

Stefan