References with text in LaTeX

Question

In LaTeX you can easily reference a section by using \\label{} next to a section and then \\ref{} to create the reference. However, the reference only

Answer 1

Using the hyperref package, you could also declare a new command by using \newcommand{\secref}[1]{\autoref{#1}. \nameref{#1}} in the pre-amble. Placing \secref{section:my} in the text generates: 1. My section.