[comp.text] LaTeX renew theequation

mikew@wheeler.wrcr.unr.edu (Mike Whitbeck) (11/21/89)

In LaTeX {article} I would like to have equation numbers of the
form <section-number>.<equation-number> with the equation
numbers reset in each section.

I have a
\renewcommand{\theequation}{\thesection.\arabic{equation}}

do I have to put a \setcounter{equation}{1} in each section by
hand or is there an easier way (in case I want to undo this
change)?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
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bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger) (11/28/89)

In article <3148@tahoe.unr.edu> mikew@wheeler.UUCP (Mike Whitbeck) writes:
|In LaTeX {article} I would like to have equation numbers of the
|form <section-number>.<equation-number> with the equation
|numbers reset in each section.
|
|do I have to put a \setcounter{equation}{1} in each section by
|hand or is there an easier way (in case I want to undo this
|change)?

\makeatletter %unless in style file
\@addtoreset{equation}{chapter}
\makeatother %unless in style file

(See latex.tex for more info.)
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