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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example A-2-2 on page II-648 in "Defining and changing counters".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\newcounter{exa}\setcounter{exa}{8}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\arabic{exa}, \roman{exa}, \Roman{exa}, \alph{exa},
\Alph{exa}, \fnsymbol{exa} \par
\setcounter{exa}{1994} Anno Domini \scshape{\roman{exa}}
\end{document}