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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Re: Need help with LATEX table problem.
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Date: 17 Nov 90 00:28:44 GMT
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rstanton@portia.Stanford.EDU (Richard Stanton) writes:

>I'm having a problem using the \ref command with LATEX tables. I start the 
>table using

>\begin{table}
>\label{tname}
>...

>then refer to it in the text as \ref{tname}. However, this often either gives
>me the wrong number, or even a section number (e.g. 4.2.1), which is not
>what I want. This is the way I use \label in equations, sections etc, and
>it always works. What's wrong here?

The \label command associates a label with a number, but first
that number must have been generated. In your case it is first
generated when you give the \caption command, so move the
\label after that.

Victor.