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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}%


% Some packages only for output and dummy pages
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{forloop}  
\usepackage[svgnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}

\usepackage{totcount}
\usepackage{xassoccnt}



\newcounter{loopcounter}%

\newcommand{\QuickSections}[2]{%
\forloop{loopcounter}{1}{\value{loopcounter} < \numexpr #1+1}{%
\csuse{#2}{Dummy #2 -- \theloopcounter}
}%
}%

\newcommand{\ShowNiceCounterOutput}[6]{%
\begin{center}%
\begin{tabular}{lllll}%
& & & & \tabularnewline 
& \multicolumn{4}{c}{totcount page values} \tabularnewline
Page & \textcolor{red}{#1} & \textcolor{blue}{#2} & \textcolor{gray}{#3} & \textcolor{violet}{#4}\tabularnewline
\thepage & \textcolor{red}{\number\totvalue{#1}} & \textcolor{blue}{\number\value{#2}} & \textcolor{gray}{\number\value{#3}} & \textcolor{violet}{\number\totvalue{#4}} \tabularnewline
Section & \textcolor{red}{#5} & Subsection & \textcolor{blue}{#6}  & \tabularnewline% 
\thesection & \textcolor{red}{\number\totvalue{#5}} & \thesubsection & \textcolor{blue}{\number\totvalue{#6}}  & \tabularnewline
& & & & \tabularnewline 
\end{tabular}
\end{center}%
}%


\newcommand{\QuickOutput}[1]{%
%
\forloop{loopcounter}{1}{\value{loopcounter} < \numexpr #1+1}{%
\pagenumbering{arabic}%  -> pagenumber reset to zero , on purpose inside the loop
\ShowNiceCounterOutput{page}{associatedpages}{anotherpagescounter}{yetanotherpagescounter}{associatedsections}{associatedsubsections}%
\blindtext%
\newpage%  some pages
}%
}%



\newcounter{associatedpages}%
\newcounter{anotherpagescounter}%

\regtotcounter{page} % Register a total value counter --> this will be the driver counter
\newtotcounter{yetanotherpagescounter}% 3rd driven counter 
\newtotcounter{associatedsections}%

\newtotcounter{associatedsubsections}%


\DeclareAssociatedCounters{page}{associatedpages,anotherpagescounter,associatedpages,yetanotherpagescounter}%  Register the driver and the driven counters
\DeclareAssociatedCounters{section}{associatedsections}%
\DeclareAssociatedCounters{subsection}{associatedsubsections}%




\begin{document}
\tableofcontents%

\chapter*{Introduction}

This is a dummy document -- it just shows how some of the commands work.
In section \ref{section::query} same queries and statistics are shown. 

\chapter{Chapter one}

\section{First}
\QuickSections{10}{subsection}%


\QuickOutput{10}
% Suspend the associatedsubsections counters%
\typeout{Hello!}
\SuspendCounters{associatedsubsections,associatedpages}%

\QuickOutput{10}

\clearpage

\subsection[Suspended counters checking]{Checking for suspended counters}

\IsSuspendedCounter{associatedsubsections}{Yes, Counter associatedsubsections is suspended}{No!}

\IsSuspendedCounter{yetanothertotalpages}{Yes}{No!}

\clearpage

\section{Dummy section}%

\QuickSections{10}{subsection}%

% Resume all counters
\ResumeAllSuspendedCounters
\QuickSections{20}{subsection}%



\clearpage

\section{Query routines} \label{section::query}% 
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}%

\IsAssociatedCounter{totalsections}{Yes, it's associated}{Nope, it's not associated}

\IsAssociatedCounter{anotherpagescounter}{Yes, it's associated}{Nope, it's not associated}


\hrule\par

Setting counter section explicitly to another value: 

\setcounter{section}{12}%

\hrule\par

Setting counter section explicitly to another value with option enabled: 

\SetDocumentCounter[onlycounters={associatedpages,anotherpagescounter,gandalf}]{page}{20}%


\AddAssociatedCounters{page}{associatedpages}%
\AddAssociatedCounters{page}{associatedpages}%

\end{document}