Labels and cross-references · ⁨التسميات والإشارات المتقاطعة⁩

Never write "see Section 3" by hand

• If you write a number by hand and later add a section, every number is wrong.
• LaTeX solves this with labels. Tag something:

• The name sec:methods is just a nickname you choose.

Refer to it anywhere

• Then point at it with \ref — LaTeX inserts the current number:

• The ~ is a space that never breaks across lines, so "Section" and its number stay together.

It needs two passes

• On the first compile LaTeX learns the numbers; on the second it fills them in.
• Our Run does this for you automatically. (The same trick powers a table of contents.)

Common mistakes

• Put \label{...} after what you want to name, then refer to it with \ref{...}.
• Compile twice so cross-references settle to the right numbers.