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I'm using the titlesec package so my chapter heading looks like:

1. METHODOLOGY

According to this package documentation, I must use [hang] to get the chapter number and title in the same line. However, I cannot get the number to appear (only the chapter label is displayed).

This is my code:


\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]{\normalfont\bfseries\huge\uppercase}{\thechapter. }{15pt}{}

\begin{document}

 \chapter{Methodology}
 \lipsum[2]

 \chapter{Results}

 \lipsum[2]

\end{document}

Do you see anything wrong with it?

Dr. Manuel Kuehner
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heb
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    Welcome to TeX.SE. Please provide a compilable document, not such fragments only! –  Feb 11 '17 at 19:10
  • You also can use the [block] style. This is not exactly the same if the chapter title spreads over several lines. That said, \thechapter in your code yields the chapter number. – Bernard Feb 11 '17 at 19:32
  • Where does \justifyheading come from? – Bernard Feb 11 '17 at 19:43
  • Because I'm using the following command to right-aligned: \newcommand*{\justifyheading}{\raggedleft} – heb Feb 11 '17 at 19:44
  • \uppercase is always wrong; in that position it's very wrong. – egreg Feb 11 '17 at 20:34

2 Answers2

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There is nothing wrong, apart from \uppercase that should never be used.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
  {\normalfont\bfseries\huge\raggedright}
  {\thechapter. }
  {15pt}
  {\MakeUppercase}

\begin{document}

 \chapter{Methodology}
 \lipsum[2]

 \chapter{Results}

 \lipsum[2]

\end{document}

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If you don't get the chapter number, you probably have an outdated version of titlesec, see titlesec: loss of section numbering with the new update (2016/03/15)

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@Bernard gave me the answer: by changing [hang] to [block], \thechapter worked!

heb
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