Synopsis:
\setcounter{counter}{value}
Globally set the counter counter to have the value of the value argument, which must be an integer. Thus, you can set a counter’s value as \setcounter{section}{5}. Note that the counter name does not start with a backslash.
In this example if the counter theorem has value 12 then the second line will print ‘XII’.
\setcounter{exercise}{\value{theorem}}
Here it is in Roman: \Roman{exercise}.
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