[Tex/LaTex] Working alternatives to totcount to get the total number of pages of a document

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I have encountered a bug in totcount package: sometimes it counts pages incorrectly. For example, the following code produces for me a 2-page PDF file, but totcount thinks there is only one page:

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{totcount}
\regtotcounter{page}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-5]

{\LARGE Total page count according to \texttt{totcount}: \total{page}.}

\end{document}

Is anybody still maintaining this package?

What are working alternatives to totcount?

I know about lastpage but I need the total number in numerical form, not as text. With totcount I use \totvalue{page} for this.

Best Answer

You can use zref that shouldn't have problems like totcount with respect to the page number. I mean, totcount is great for saving the value of counters, but it can fail with page.

\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}

\usepackage[lastpage]{zref}

\usepackage{lipsum} % for the example

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\totalpages}{\zref@extractdefault{LastPage}{page}{0}}
\makeatother

\newcounter{test}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-5]

\bigskip

\LARGE

\setcounter{test}{\totalpages}\thetest

Total page count according to \texttt{zref}: \totalpages.

\end{document}

As you see, you can use \totalpages also in context where a number is expected.

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PS: By adding a full MWE with your question, you will be helping us to avoid wasting time and the probability that you will get an accurate answer, also increases.

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You can do this using the totcount package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{totcount}

\newtotcounter{citnum} %From the package documentation
\def\oldbibitem{} \let\oldbibitem=\bibitem
\def\bibitem{\stepcounter{citnum}\oldbibitem}

\begin{document}
This document contains \total{citnum}\ references.

\cite{Martin06} \cite{Fortran2008}

\begin{thebibliography}{1}

\bibitem{Martin06}
P.~A. Martin.
\newblock {\em Multiple Scattering. {Interaction} of Time-Harmonic Waves with
  {$N$} Obstacles}.
\newblock Cambridge University Press, 2006.

\bibitem{Fortran2008}
Fortran standards technical~committee (J3).
\newblock Fortran 2008 language standard.
\newblock Technical Report J3/10-007, International Committee for Information
  Technology Standards (INCITS), 2010.

\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}

Note that this works for bibtex bibliographies as well; I included the bibliography environment to make the example as simple as possible.

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