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 Difference between \addtocounter and \int_gincr inside tabularx Benjamin Berg <[log in to unmask]> Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:47:25 +0200 text/plain (1085 bytes) , tabularcount.tex (935 bytes) , signature.asc (180 bytes) Hi, I am having trouble to understand what the difference between \addtocounter and \int_gincr:N is. When used inside a tabularx environment, the \int_* functions do not work correctly, but the normal LaTeX counters do. Maybe the idea of even using counters in a tabularx environment like this is totally wrong[1], but it feels to me like the two commands should behave in the same way. So either I am not grasping some concepts (feel free to just point me to an explanation) or there might even be a small bug. So, the attached document will print two tables. For each cell the output of "\int_use:N \g_test_int,~\thetestcount" is displayed. The counter is behaving as I expect while the \g_test_int has different values inside tabularx. tabularx: 3, 1 4, 2 1, 3 2, 4 3, 1 4, 2 and tabular: 1, 1 2, 2 3, 3 4, 4 1, 1 2, 2 It looks like this has to do with the fact that in the second row there are empty cells. But it still baffles me, that the latex counters behave correctly, while latex 3 integers do not. Regards, Benjamin [1] It is very likely that I will drop the tabularx anyways.