How do I refer Appendix in latex so as to display 'A' or 'B' in my paper

Question

I want to refer appendix in my paper.

Here is my sample latex code:

\section{hello1}
\label{h1}
bala.......

\section{hello2}
\label{h2}
bala.....

\appendix
\label{appendix}
\section{}
bala....

Here is what the appendix displays:

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I use \ref to link sections and \eqref to refer equations, and \autoref to refer figs and tables. How do I refer appendix to display 'A' in papers?

Thanks so much.

Use \appendix\section{foo}\label{sec.foo} and then call its label \ref{sec.foo}. — Sigur, Jul 23 '14 at 02:23
\label should be placed after the "counter-stepping mechanism" (the sectional unit in your case). See Understanding how references and labels work. — Werner, Jul 23 '14 at 02:43
Thanks. I think I have to leave the \section{} empty. But this time \ref{sec.foo} displays 'Appendix A'. But I only want it to display 'A'. How could I do it? — Zizhao, Jul 23 '14 at 13:12
Yes. I use hyperref package, but I only use it to ref table and fig by \autoref. — Zizhao, Jul 24 '14 at 04:05

score 38 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:57

38

\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}

Then in the body of the text.

This is a reference to the graph appendix \ref{appendix:graph}

\begin{appendices}

\section{Graph Appendix}
\label{appendix:graph}
This is the graph appendix...

\section{Another Appendix}

\end{appendices}

Result in body of text:

Appendix:

answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:57

David

607

4

There is no necessity to load appendix. – Werner Oct 01 '15 at 05:26

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 06 '19 at 01:57

22

You don't necessarily need to import any packages. You can have appendices defined like the following:

\appendix

\section{Appendix: Rule Tables for Chapter 2}
\label{appendix:a}

And refer to them using:

\ref{appendix:a}

answered Jan 06 '19 at 01:57

eLeMeNOhPi

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How do I refer Appendix in latex so as to display 'A' or 'B' in my paper

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