[texhax] Reference counter turns out to be too big by 1.

Herbert Voss Herbert.Voss at FU-Berlin.DE
Thu Aug 31 08:54:18 CEST 2017


Am 31.08.2017 um 07:10 schrieb Rolf Turner:
> 
> I have defined a new numbered environment and counter by which to number 
> instances of that environment.  When I label such instances and refer to
> the labels, I get values of the counter that are too big by 1.
> 
> I have attached a reproducible example.  I get Zorch II, Zorch III and
> Zorch IV where I should get Zorch I, Zorch II and Zorch III.
> 
> I'm sure that there's a simple explanation and fix, but I can't see what
> these might be.

\newcounter{Zorch}
\setcounter{Zorch}{0}
\renewcommand{\theZorch}{\Roman{Zorch}}
\newenvironment{Zorch}{%
	\refstepcounter{Zorch}%
	\section*{Zorch \theZorch}%
}{}

Herbert


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