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References with text in LaTeX

In LaTeX you can easily reference a section by using \label{} next to a section and then \ref{} to create the reference. However, the reference only includes the number of the section, or the page with \pageref{}. I would like to insert a reference containing the text of the section.

Example:

\section{My Section}
\label{section:my}

This is a reference to Section~\ref{section:my}.

The output is the following:

1. My Section

This is a reference to Section 1.

I would like to have:

This is a reference to 1. My Section.
Solution

  • Have a look to this wiki: LaTeX/Labels and Cross-referencing:

    The hyperref package automatically includes the nameref package, and a similarly named command. It inserts text corresponding to the section name, for example:

    \section{MyFirstSection}
\label{marker}
\section{MySecondSection} In section \nameref{marker} we defined...