LaTeX How Do You Notate Subsections in LaTeX?

[Juggler123]

So to write 'in section 2' I would say 'in \S 2'

for 'in subsection 4.2' would I then say 'in \S\S 4.2'?

or just 'in \S 4.2'?

Thanks

 

[cepheid]

You're much better off doing something like this so that you don't have to keep track of the numbering yourself:

\section Stuff

\subsection additional stuff
\label{sec:stuff}

A whole bunch of text and possibly additional sections follow here. 

Now, referring back to \S \ref{sec:stuff}, we see that there is a great deal of stuff in it.

 

[cepheid]

Ah, but your question seems to be more about the *notation* used to indicate sections. To answer your question, I think you would use only ONE \S symbol, even for a subsection. Two symbols : \S\S is use to refer to *multiple* sections. E.g. You might say something like: \S\S 4.2-4.6. It's the equivalent of writing p. 46 to indicate a particular page and pp.46-63 to indicate a range of pages.

 

[Juggler123]

Makes perfect sense, thank you.