Renumbering figure in LaTeX?

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How can I make figures be renumbered in a TeX document? I want the main figures to be 1, 2, 3, ...etc. But then I want a section to have supplementary figures, S1, S2, S3, S4. The "S" does not have to appear in the figure name, but I do want to reset the counter.

This would be better asked on the TeX/LaTeX Stack Exchange site, now in public beta: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions — David Z, Aug 02 '10 at 20:39
See http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/41318/how-to-change-table-numbering-scheme-at-a-new-section and http://bytesizebio.net/2013/03/11/adding-supplementary-tables-and-figures-in-latex/ for more information and http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39315/how-to-change-the-numbering-for-different-figures and http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/85776/change-figure-numbering-for-appendix?rq=1 for more info — kdauria, Mar 13 '14 at 23:33

score 77 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 27 '13 at 11:30

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Next to reseting the counter for the figures:

\setcounter{figure}{0}

You can also add the "S" by using:

\makeatletter 
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{S\@arabic\c@figure}
\makeatother

edited Sep 27 '13 at 11:30

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answered Aug 05 '10 at 13:01

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You should always use `\makeatother` after this or it will mess up the use of @ in commands. – Quantum7 Dec 14 '10 at 12:42
Works for subfigures too: `\setcounter{subfigure}{0}`. – ViniciusArruda Jul 03 '18 at 20:43
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For being able to restore the original behaviour: `\let\originalthefigure\thefigure` before this, and `\let\thefigure\originalthefigure` when you want to restore it – lucidbrot Nov 28 '18 at 08:39

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 02 '10 at 20:42

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you can reset the figure counter with

\setcounter{figure}{0}

answered Aug 02 '10 at 20:42

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Renumbering figure in LaTeX?

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