How does one set the value of a counter to the value obtained from a \ref{}
command?
I am using the xr
package to access labels from another document; I want to add the value of a \ref{}
to a counter in my current document.
I tried \setcounter{newcount}{\value{\ref{oldlabel}}}
but that doesn't work.
Best Answer
This is a job for the
\setcounterref
command from therefcount
package: