[Tex/LaTex] Remove appendix tables and figures from list of figure/tables

table of contents

I'm writing a thesis and I have over hundred figures and tables in the appendix. But I don't want them to appear in List of figures / List of tables. – But I want the appendices and sections to appear in the table of content.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,icelandic]{report}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}


\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\listoffigures
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}

\listoftables
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of tables}

\chapter{Chapter 1}
\section{Section 1, chapter 1}
\section{Section 2, chapter 1}

\appendix
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendices}
\chapter{First appendix}
\section{Section 1}
    \begin{figure} % DON'T WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF FIGURES
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{figure.png}
    \caption{Caption of figure}
    \label{Label of figure}
    \end{figure}

\begin{table}   % DON'T WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF TABLES
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
        \hline One & Two \\ 
        \hline Three & Four \\ 
        \hline 
    \end{tabular} 
    \caption{Caption of table}
    \label{Label of table}
\end{table}


\end{document}

Best Answer

Right before the appendix, I redefine \addcontentsline to intercept {figure} and {table} calls and excise them, as follows (requires ifthen package):

\let\svaddcontentsline\addcontentsline
\renewcommand\addcontentsline[3]{%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{lof}}{}%
  {\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{lot}}{}{\svaddcontentsline{#1}{#2}{#3}}}}

Here is my MWE (note: I added a body figure and table to demonstrate ability to discern report body from appendix)

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,icelandic]{report}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{graphicx,ifthen}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\listoffigures
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}

\listoftables
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of tables}

\chapter{Chapter 1}
\section{Section 1, chapter 1}

    \begin{figure} % DO WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF FIGURES
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{Body figure}
    \end{figure}
\begin{table}   % DO WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF TABLES
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
        \hline One & Two \\ 
        \hline Three & Four \\ 
        \hline 
    \end{tabular} 
    \caption{Body table}
\end{table}

\section{Section 2, chapter 1}

\let\svaddcontentsline\addcontentsline
\renewcommand\addcontentsline[3]{%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{lof}}{}%
  {\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{lot}}{}{\svaddcontentsline{#1}{#2}{#3}}}}

\appendix
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Appendices}
\chapter{First appendix}
\section{Section 1}
    \begin{figure} % DON'T WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF FIGURES
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=1\linewidth]{example-image}
    \caption{Caption of figure}
    \label{Label of figure}
    \end{figure}
\begin{table}   % DON'T WANT THIS TO APPEAR IN LIST OF TABLES
    \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
        \hline One & Two \\ 
        \hline Three & Four \\ 
        \hline 
    \end{tabular} 
    \caption{Caption of table}
    \label{Label of table}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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ADDENDUM

A version of the redefinition that does not require the ifthen package:

\let\svaddcontentsline\addcontentsline
\renewcommand\addcontentsline[3]{%
  \edef\qtest{#1}%
  \def\qmatch{lof}%
  \ifx\qmatch\qtest\else%
    \def\qmatch{lot}%
    \ifx\qmatch\qtest\else%
      \svaddcontentsline{#1}{#2}{#3}%
  \fi\fi%
}

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\def\table{\def\figurename{Table}\figure}
\let\endtable\endfigure

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The list of figures will still say list of figures, if you want to change that add

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Here is another approach. What it does is to check at the end of the document the values of the figure and table counters, and add to the .aux file a boolean flag setting depending on whether these values are zero or positive.

Then you have on next run \iffigures and \iftables which allow you to act conditionally.

In the code below, perhaps the \global are not really needed, I didn't check.

See also a variant at bottom which does not use the figure/table counters because they might well be reset to zero due to document sectioning (as pointed out by egreg in a comment).

\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{float}
\floatstyle{boxed}

\restylefloat{figure}
\restylefloat{table}

\newif\iffigures
\newif\iftables

\makeatletter
\AtEndDocument {%
    \if@filesw
       \ifnum\value{figure}=\z@ % no figures
          \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\figuresfalse}%
       \else
          \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\figurestrue}%
       \fi
       \ifnum\value{table}=\z@ % no tables
          \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\tablesfalse}%
       \else
          \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\tablestrue}%
       \fi
    \fi
}
\makeatother 

% for the purpose of testing

% this will make a MWE without tables
\long\def\IGNORE #1\ENDIGNORE{}

% uncomment to make a MWE with tables
% \let\IGNORE\empty
% \let\ENDIGNORE\empty

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

% 
\iffigures
   \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures}
   \listoffigures
\fi

% 
\iftables
   \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Table}
   \listoftables
\fi

\section{First section}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\begin{figure}[H]\centering
\LaTeX\LaTeX
\caption{my figure}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\begin{figure}[H]\centering
\LaTeX\TeX
\caption{another figure}
\end{figure}
\section{Second section}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\IGNORE
\begin{table}[H]\centering
\TeX\LaTeX
\caption{my table}
\end{table}
\ENDIGNORE
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\IGNORE
\begin{table}[H]\centering
\TeX\TeX
\caption{another table}
\end{table}
\ENDIGNORE
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\end{document}

Here is for a document with figures but no tables:

without tables

And if tables are present:

with tables

Three compilations needed.

Variant. I don't know to what extent patching \figure and \table as here is OK, depends perhaps on float related packages. At the worst I guess doing the patches immediately after \begin{document} should be enough (at the end of preamble might not be enough if some package does stuff during At Begin Document).

\documentclass[10pt,twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{float}
\floatstyle{boxed}

\restylefloat{figure}
\restylefloat{table}

\newif\iffigures
\newif\iftables

\makeatletter

\let\OLDfigure\figure
\def\figure {\figures@in@document\OLDfigure }
\let\OLDtable\table
\def\table  {\tables@in@document\OLDtable }

\def\figures@in@document {%
    \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\figurestrue}%
    \global\let\figures@in@document\empty
}

\def\tables@in@document {%
    \immediate\write\@mainaux {\global\string\tablestrue}%
    \global\let\tables@in@document\empty
}

\makeatother

% for the purpose of testing

% this will make a MWE without tables
\long\def\IGNORE #1\ENDIGNORE{}

% uncomment to make a MWE with tables
%\let\IGNORE\empty
%\let\ENDIGNORE\empty

\begin{document}

\tableofcontents

% 
\iffigures
   \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Figures}
   \listoffigures
\fi

% 
\iftables
   \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{List of Table}
   \listoftables
\fi

\section{First section}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\begin{figure}[H]\centering
\LaTeX\LaTeX
\caption{my figure}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\begin{figure}[H]\centering
\LaTeX\TeX
\caption{another figure}
\end{figure}
\section{Second section}
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\IGNORE
\begin{table}[H]\centering
\TeX\LaTeX
\caption{my table}
\end{table}
\ENDIGNORE
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\IGNORE
\begin{table}[H]\centering
\TeX\TeX
\caption{another table}
\end{table}
\ENDIGNORE
\lipsum[\inputlineno]
\end{document}

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