\alph

\alph{counter}

This command causes the current value of counter to be printed in alphabetic characters. The \alph command causes lower case alphabetic characters, i.e., a, b, c..., while the \Alph command causes upper case alphabetic characters, i.e., A, B, C...

The value of the counter must be less than 27.


See also Counters
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 18 May 1995.