style.sty

\newboolean{printquestions}
\setboolean{printquestions}{true}

\newcommand{\mytest}{\ifthenelse{\equal{\Itemautorefname}{item}}{item}{not item}}

\newcommand{\subtest}{\mytest}

\newcommand{\Item@auto@ref@name}{item}
\newcommand{\prc@autoref}{%
 \ifx\Itemautorefname\Item@auto@ref@name% not in exercises
% \ifthenelse{\equal{\Itemautorefname}{item}}{% not in exercises
  % therefore, regular text
  \stepcounter{figure}%
  Figure \thefigure%
  \addtocounter{figure}{-1}%
 \else%
% }{% else in exercises
  \thesection hashchar\arabic{enumi}%
% }%
 \fi%
}

\newcommand{\prc@section@autoref}{Section \thesection}

\newcommand{\auxasymessage}[1]{%
 \@percentchar\space prc file #1 used in \prc@section@autoref\space as \prc@autoref%
}

\newcommand{\myincludeasythree}[3]{%
 % we want a library of 3d images
 % each call here also leaves a marker in the aux file, which Python can then find
 % this works if the above are etoolbox's ifthenelse, but not ifthen's
 % e.g.: \typeout{find me \ifthenelse{\boolean{true}}{a}{b}}
% \typeout{auxasymessage:}
% \typeout{prc section autoref:\prc@section@autoref:}
 \typeout{Itemautorefname:\Itemautorefname:}
 \typeout{prc autoref:\prc@autoref:}
 \typeout{\auxasymessage{#3}}
% \typeout{\meaning{\Itemautorefname}}
 \expandafter\immediate\expandafter\write\expandafter\@auxout{\auxasymessage{#3}}%
% \immediate\write\@auxout{%
%  \@percentchar\@percentchar\space prc file #3 used as \prc@autoref%
% }%
%  \@percentchar\@percentchar\space prc file #3 used in \prc@section@autoref\space as \prc@autoref%
 \ifthenelse{\boolean{printquestions}}{% not in solutions
  \ifthenelse{\equal{\Itemautorefname}{item}}{% not in exercises
   % therefore, regular text
   \stepcounter{figure}%
   \immediate\write\@auxout{%
    \@percentchar\space prc file #3 used in Section \thesection\space as Figure \thefigure%
   }%
   \addtocounter{figure}{-1}%
  }{% else in exercises
   \immediate\write\@auxout{%
    \@percentchar\space prc file #3 used in Section \thesection\space as \thesection hashchar\arabic{enumi}%
   }%
  }%
 }{% else in solutions
  \immediate\write\@auxout{%
   \@percentchar\space prc file #3 used in Section A.\thechapter\space as \thesection hashchar\arabic{enumi}%
  }%
 }%
}