%% LaTeX package xassoccnt - version 1.7 (2018/12/28 -- 06:45:16)
%% Example file for looping through the reset list file for xassoccnt.sty
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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{xassoccnt}

\usepackage{chngcntr}


\makeatletter

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \let\latex@@chapter\chapter
  \RenewDocumentCommand{\chapter}{sO{#3}m}{%
    \IfBooleanTF{#1}{%
      \latex@@chapter*{#3}%
    }{%
      \ifnogobblechapter
      \latex@@chapter[#2]{#3}
      \fi
     }%
   }
 }
\makeatother
 
\newcommand{\counterwithoutwrapper}[2]{%
  \counterwithout{#2}{#1}%
}

\newif\ifnogobblechapter
\nogobblechapterfalse

\usepackage{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\ifnogobblechapter
\else
\ClearCounterResetList*{chapter}
%\LoopCounterResetList{chapter}{\counterwithoutwrapper}
\fi

\tableofcontents

\chapter[Foo entry to ToC]{Foo Chapter}

\section{A subsection of a gobbled chapter}

\begin{figure}
  \caption{A figure caption}
\end{figure}

\chapter{Another chapter}

\begin{figure}
  \caption{Another figure caption}
\end{figure}

Some other content

\end{document}
