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> / hpdtl:comp.text / ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair) / 12:30 pm  Aug  2, 1990 /
> 
>    I am having trouble with references to figures in LaTeX.  I have
> 
>   \begin{figure}\label{name}
>    ...
>    \end{figure}
> 
> and later in the document (it's report style, if that matters) I use
> \ref{name}.  What I get is the number of the section with the figure,
> instead of the number of the figure, even though the caption numbers come
> out ok.  Thanks for any help!
> 
> Charles Blair  (please e-mail)

You have to use:

\begin{figure}
...
\caption{The caption for the figure.}
\label{name}
\end{figure}

and the \label *must come after* the \caption.