General ⇒ Value of Counter to path filename

[yiorgosb]

I have lots of images to include named consequentially, i.e. 1.eps, 2.eps, ...etc.
So, I want to "include" a counter in a filename variable to load the figures.
Something like,

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\newcounter{count_figs}

Some text here
\begin{figure}[h]
  \centering
      \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images\value{count_figs}+".eps"}}
  \caption{A caption here}
\end{figure}

Obviously, the part \value{count_figs}+".eps" doesn't work.
I've tried any possible way I could think of but I have no idea if this is possible at all.
I would appreciate any suggestions.

[localghost]

Using an underscore outside math mode might cause trouble (although this is not the problem here). So it is better not to use it here. Assumed that your counter is generated with \newcounter{figcnt}, the command for inclusion should look like this.

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\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/\thefigcnt}

You can drop the suffix for the file name since the graphicx package will detect on its own which compiler engine (LaTeX, PDFLaTeX, …) is running and choose the correct driver for loading the right file.


Thorsten

[yiorgosb]

the command for inclusion should look like this.

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\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/\thefigcnt}

You can drop the suffix for the file name since the graphicx package will detect on its own which compiler engine (LaTeX, PDFLaTeX, …) is running and choose the correct driver for loading the right file.

Thorsten

Problem solved.
You guys are incredible.
I didn't know that to get the value of a counter you simple write thecounter.

I have to get used to that things are way toο simple in latex.