Customizing Chapter and Section Numbering in LaTeX 📂Writing

Customizing Chapter and Section Numbering in LaTeX

Code

The LaTeX code \setcounter{section}{n} sets the current section number to $n$. Since this counter increases by 1 with each added section, the order of the section created next becomes $n+1$.

        \documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Limits and Derivatives}
\section{Continuity}

\end{document}

        \documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\setcounter{chapter}{1}
\chapter{Limits and Derivatives}
\setcounter{section}{4}
\section{Continuity}

\end{document}