How to pass (or temporary change the format of) the value of \pageref{foo}?

Question

This is related to How to use \pageref{foo} as a number? but slightly different:

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand*\thepage{A\arabic{page}}
%This type of pagenumbering is required by the customer
\begin{document}
  This document consist of \pageref{LastPage} pages.\\  
  %Needed in this case: "This document consist of 4 pages."
  %(Length of document varies each time of course)
  \blindtext[15]
  \label{LastPage}
\end{document}

I need a way to convert e.g. "A4" into "4" without breaking the format of the pagenumbering in the document. I tried to use \StrSubstitute but it failed, because it does attempt to replace something in the \pageref command instead doing the operation with its value "A4". I also tried every proposed solution in How to use \pageref{foo} as a number? but without success.

How would you tackle this problem? I don't seem to understand correctly how to read the value from \pageref and work with it (i.e. eliminate the "A" with \StrSubstitute).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

easiest is to use the lastpage package which makes a special internal \label on the past page that always uses a numeric form even if \thepage is unsuitable — David Carlisle, Jan 16 '17 at 14:11
Unfortunately this does not work. It gives me "This document consist of A4 pages." — Martin Brennecke, Jan 16 '17 at 14:25

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-16T14:41:11.593

1

With the totpages package:

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand*\thepage{A\arabic{page}}

\usepackage{totpages}
%This type of pagenumbering is required by the customer
\begin{document}
  This document consist of \ref{TotPages} pages.\\  
  %Needed in this case: "This document consist of 4 pages."
  %(Length of document varies each time of course)
  \blindtext[15]
  \label{LastPage}
\end{document}

To subtract the title page:

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand*\thepage{A\arabic{page}}

\usepackage{totpages}
\begin{document}
    \addtocounter{TotPages}{-1}
  This document consist of \ref{TotPages} pages.

  \blindtext[15]
\end{document}

edited Jan 16 '17 at 14:41

answered Jan 16 '17 at 14:15

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

158,329

totcount does not always report the correct page counter value. The page counter is an unreliable friend! You should use an associated total counter from xassoccnt for this ;-) – Jan 16 '17 at 14:26
@ChristianHupfer That's "Schleichwerbung" :) – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 16 '17 at 14:28
No, it's a "Hinweis" :D – Jan 16 '17 at 14:31
Answer 1 works in principle. Unfortunately I forgot, that my document has a titlepage, that shall not be counted. So I am off by one page ("The document consist of 25 pages" instead of 24+title). – Martin Brennecke Jan 16 '17 at 14:35
@MartinBrennecke See my edit. If you need more control of what's happening, look into the xassoccnt package mentioned in Christian Hupfers comment above. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 16 '17 at 14:42
@samcarter thanks a lot! That works just fine for now. – Martin Brennecke Jan 16 '17 at 14:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '17 at 14:38

1

Do not redefine \thepage but \pagemark:

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand*{\pagemark}{\usekomafont{pagenumber}{A\thepage}}

\begin{document}
  This document consist of \pageref{LastPage} pages.

  \blindtext[15]
  \label{LastPage}
\end{document}

answered Jan 16 '17 at 14:38

Schweinebacke

26,336

Good idea. But unfortunately this breaks my header in the original document, which is more like so: "page {\thepage} of {\pageref*{foo}}". – Martin Brennecke Jan 16 '17 at 14:53
@MartinBrennecke: You can/should replace \thepage by \pagemark in the document header or simply add A in front of \thepage. – Schweinebacke Jan 16 '17 at 15:04
Thought about that too. Decided to go by \renewcommand*\thepage{A\arabic{page}} to get a nice looking TOC like this: `Inhaltsverzeichnis
Anhang A – Expertenbericht Zusammenfassung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3

A-1 Prüfnachweise und weitere Dokumentation . . . . . . . A6 A-1.1 Zertifizierungsumfang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7` I guess this won't work with \pagemark ?
– Martin Brennecke Jan 16 '17 at 16:10
Darn. This looks like crap without CR. But I hope you'll get the idea anyways... – Martin Brennecke Jan 16 '17 at 16:17

How to pass (or temporary change the format of) the value of \pageref{foo}?

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