\value (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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### 13.3 `\value`

Synopsis:

    \value{counter}

Expands to the value of the counter counter. (Note that the name of a counter does not begin with a backslash.)

This example outputs ‘`Test counter is 6. Other counter is 5.`’.

    \newcounter{test} \setcounter{test}{5}
    \newcounter{other} \setcounter{other}{\value{test}}
    \addtocounter{test}{1}

    Test counter is \arabic{test}.
    Other counter is \arabic{other}.

The `\value` command is not used for typesetting the value of the counter. For that, see \alph \Alph \arabic \roman \Roman \fnsymbol.

It is often used in `\setcounter` or `\addtocounter` but `\value` can be used anywhere that LaTeX expects a number, such as in `\hspace{\value{foo}\parindent}`. It must not be preceded by `\protect` (see \protect).

This example inserts `\hspace{4\parindent}`.

    \setcounter{myctr}{3} \addtocounter{myctr}{1}
    \hspace{\value{myctr}\parindent}

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