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I love labeling equations and using \eqref{label}.

Sometimes I miss ability to do exactly the same (create (N) side-label and reference it afterwards) with text. I mean achieving effect like

… therefore we conclude that sth and sth else …       (3)

(much later) ……. because of (3) …

When the text is short, sth like

\begin{align}
\text{blah blah}  \label{sth}
\end{align}

works almost well (sans alignment) but it's difficult to make it work with multiline text.

Is it possible to achieve this somehow? My ideal solution would be simply sth like 

blah blah blah blah … \makeeqlikelabel{sth}
Mekk
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  • Where do you want to print the label when you use \makeeqlikelabel? Just inline with the text? In the margin? Flush right? You can always place your \text{blah blah} inside a \parbox{.8\linewidth}{blah blah...}... – Werner Mar 20 '19 at 22:20
  • If you just want to set the label inline, you can try with \newcommand{\makeeqlikelabel}[1]{\refstepcounter{equation}\mbox{(\theequation)}\label{#1}}... – Werner Mar 20 '19 at 22:48
  • \label stores the value produced by the last \refstepcounter, so one way to do this is to create a new counter. Another is to use something like \mylabel from https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/236626/refer-to-the-name-of-an-equation-while-a-list-of-equations-is-generated-using/237126?r=SearchResults&s=1|31.9510#237126 A third is to set \@currentlabel. – John Kormylo Mar 21 '19 at 03:45
  • I'd like to place it similarly to equation labels, so it is consistent. So this probably means reducing width for current paragraph or sth like that. Also, I prefer using the same counter which equations use. – Mekk Mar 21 '19 at 05:48

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