Math & Science ⇒ How to customize equation referencing?

[niek]

Dear all,

I would like to ease my referencing to equations in an article I am working on. Currently I use this:

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Equation (\ref{eq1})

... to produce "Equation (1)".

Is there a way to simply type something like this:

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\ALTERNATIVEref{eq1}

... to produce "Equation (1)", or perhaps something like this:

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Equation \ANOTHERref{eq1}

... to produce "Equation (1)", that is, with the number of the equation automatically put within parentheses?


I hope to hear from you.

Thank you,

Niek

[meho_r]

If you're using amsmath package, all you have to do is to use \eqref instead of \ref command.

Or, if you're not using amsmath, you may define a new command:

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\newcommand{\eqref}[1]{(\ref{#1})}

[gmedina]

Hi, Niek

...
Is there a way to simply type something like this:

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\ALTERNATIVEref{eq1}

... to produce "Equation (1)",...

An example using the cleveref package:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{cleveref}

\begin{document}

\begin{equation}\label{equ:test}
  a=b
\end{equation}

\Cref{equ:test} shows that...

As we can see from \cref{equ:test}...

\end{document}

[niek]

Thank you both!

This is really helpful.


Cheers,

Niek