Latex error, counter too large, Subfigures

Question

I'm creating an appendix for a Master thesis and I have lots of pictures that I want to insert. I receive an error message that the counter reaches the letter (z) and I do not know how to solve this. I have far more pictures to insert, but then they cannot be labelled properly.

Does anyone have a solution to this?

What package (or class) provides you with subfloat functionality? — Werner, Apr 03 '17 at 09:31
The suggestion here would be to adjust the counter display using alphalph (if you wish to keep an alphabetic numbering; see Error: Counter too large! with \alph{cntr} and cntr>26), or switch to \arabic. — Werner, Apr 03 '17 at 09:47
Hi Werner and thanks for helping me. I have used the follwing package: \usepackage{subfig}. I thought of changing to integer countering, but I could not find it and wrote here for help. Will arabic give me integers? Is is simply \usepackage{arabic} ? — Gustaf Magnander, Apr 04 '17 at 11:44

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 04 '17 at 15:13

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Some details on @Werner's comment: if you use, say, the subfigure environment, these lines in your preamble should solve your problem:

\usepackage{alphalph}
\renewcommand*{\thesubfigure}{%
\alphalph{\value{subfigure}}%
}%

After z, you'll get aa,ab,\dots. from subcaption

If you prefer a numeric subfigure counter, just use something like:

\renewcommand*{\thesubfigure}{(\arabic{subfigure})}

or if you want to prefix with the main figure number:

\renewcommand*{\thesubfigure}{(\thefigure.\arabic{subfigure})}

edited Apr 04 '17 at 15:13

Werner

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answered Apr 03 '17 at 10:17

Bernard

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Hi Bernard, Thank you for your help! It works fine, but I would prefer to only use integers instead of letters. Do you perhaps have a suggestion of how to do this? – Gustaf Magnander Apr 04 '17 at 11:56
I've added two other suggestions. – Bernard Apr 04 '17 at 12:49
Werner and Bernard, a huge thank you to both of you! Im quite new with LaTex but now I see the simplicity of the changes in the code. Best regards, Gustaf – Gustaf Magnander Apr 05 '17 at 23:10
You're very welcome. It's a pleasure to help. – Bernard Apr 05 '17 at 23:22

Latex error, counter too large, Subfigures

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