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I created a custom reference but I want to use cross-referencing to refer to the custom reference. When I want to reference it I want it to show F/R 1, F/R 1.1 or F/R 1.1.1 when I cross reference the custom counter. How can I do this?

    \newcounter{thephase} \setcounter{thephase}{0}
\newcounter{thesubphase}[thephase] \setcounter{thesubphase}{0}
\newcounter{thesubsubphase}[thesubphase] \setcounter{thesubsubphase}{0}
\newcommand{\phase}[1]{\refstepcounter{thephase}\textbf{F/R \arabic{thephase}}}
\newcommand{\subphase}[1]{\refstepcounter{thesubphase}\textbf{F/R \arabic{thephase}.\arabic{thesubphase}}%
    }
\newcommand{\subsubphase}[1]{\refstepcounter{thesubsubphase}\textbf{F/R \arabic{thephase}.\arabic{thesubphase}.\arabic{thesubsubphase}}%
}
Corrie Scheepers
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An example of my interpretation of the question:

\documentclass{article}

\newcounter{phase}
\renewcommand*{\thephase}{F/R~\arabic{phase}}


\newcounter{subphase}[phase]
\renewcommand*{\thesubphase}{\thephase.\arabic{subphase}}


\newcounter{subsubphase}[subphase]
\renewcommand*{\thesubsubphase}{\thesubphase.\arabic{subphase}}


\newcommand{\phase}[1]{%
  \leavevmode
  \refstepcounter{phase}%
  \label{#1}%
  \textbf{\thephase}%
}
\newcommand{\subphase}[1]{%
  \leavevmode
  \refstepcounter{subphase}%
  \label{#1}%
  \textbf{\thesubphase}%
}
\newcommand*{\subsubphase}[1]{%
  \leavevmode
  \refstepcounter{subsubphase}%
  \label{#1}%
  \textbf{\thesubsubphase}%
}


\begin{document}


\phase{A} First phase.


\subphase{B} First subphase.


\subsubphase{C} First subsubphase.


References:
  \ref{A}, \ref{B}, \ref{C}


\end{document}

Result:

F/R 1 First phase.
F/R 1.1 First subphase.
F/R 1.1.1 First subsubphase.
References: F/R 1, F/R 1.1, F/R 1.1.1

Remarks:

  • I have simplified the counter names, they are using a different namespace as macros, thus counter phase and \phase are different entities.

  • The counter have a accompanying macro \the<counter> that is used for the display of the counter value und its references.

  • The definitions for the counter displays of \thesubphase and \thesubsubphase are simplified by using the parent counters.

  • \leavevmode ensures that the paragraph has started to avoid that \refstepcounter moves to vertical mode on a previous page than the text set by \textbf.

  • The argument of the macros is not used in the question. Maybe, it is intended for the cross-referencing label name, see the example file.

  • The cross-referencing works as usual with \label (already present in the \phase macros) and \ref and \pageref.

Heiko Oberdiek
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