\
label
command must come after the \
caption
command, or
be part of it. For example,
\begin{figure} \begin{figure} \caption{A Figure} or \caption{A Figure% \label{fig} \label{fig}} \end{figure} \end{figure}You can, just as effectively, shield the
\
caption
command from its
associated \
label
command, by enclosing the caption in an
environment of its own. For example, people commonly seek help after:
\begin{center} \caption{A Figure} \end{center} \label{fig}
has failed to label correctly. If you really need this centring (and those in the know commonly reject it), code it as:
\begin{center} \caption{A Figure} \label{fig} \end{center}
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