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0119 <a name="enumerate-1"></a>
0120 <h3 class="section">8.7 <code>enumerate</code></h3>
0121 
0122 <a name="index-environment_002c-enumerate"></a>
0123 <a name="index-enumerate-environment"></a>
0124         
0125 <a name="index-lists-of-items_002c-numbered"></a>
0126 
0127 <p>Synopsis:
0128 </p>
0129 <div class="example">
0130 <pre class="example">\begin{enumerate}
0131   \item[<var>optional label of first item</var>] <var>text of first item</var>
0132   \item[<var>optional label of second item</var>] <var>text of second item</var>
0133   ...
0134 \end{enumerate}
0135 </pre></div>
0136 
0137 <p>Environment to produce a numbered list of items.  The format of the
0138 label numbering depends on the nesting level of this environment; see
0139 below. The default top-level numbering is &lsquo;<samp>1.</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>2.</samp>&rsquo;,
0140 etc. Each <code>enumerate</code> list environment must have at least one item;
0141 having none causes the LaTeX error &lsquo;<samp>Something's wrong--perhaps a
0142 missing \item</samp>&rsquo;.
0143 </p>
0144 <p>This example gives the first two finishers in the 1908 Olympic marathon.
0145 As a top-level list the labels would come out as &lsquo;<samp>1.</samp>&rsquo; and
0146 &lsquo;<samp>2.</samp>&rsquo;.
0147 </p>
0148 <div class="example">
0149 <pre class="example">\begin{enumerate}
0150  \item Johnny Hayes (USA)
0151  \item Charles Hefferon (RSA) 
0152 \end{enumerate}
0153 </pre></div>
0154 
0155 <a name="index-_005citem-1"></a>
0156 <p>Start list items with the <code>\item</code> command (see <a href="_005citem.html#g_t_005citem">\item</a>).  If you
0157 give <code>\item</code> an optional argument by following it with square
0158 brackets, as in <code>\item[Interstitial label]</code>, then the next item
0159 will continue the interrupted sequence (see <a href="_005citem.html#g_t_005citem">\item</a>).  That is, you
0160 will get labels like &lsquo;<samp>1.</samp>&rsquo;, then &lsquo;<samp>Interstitial label</samp>&rsquo;, then
0161 &lsquo;<samp>2.</samp>&rsquo;.  Following the <code>\item</code> is optional text, which may
0162 contain multiple paragraphs.
0163 </p>
0164 <p>Enumerations may be nested within other <code>enumerate</code> environments,
0165 or within any paragraph-making environment such as <code>itemize</code>
0166 (see <a href="itemize.html#itemize">itemize</a>), up to four levels deep.  This gives LaTeX&rsquo;s
0167 default for the format at each nesting level, where 1 is the top level,
0168 the outermost level.
0169 </p>
0170 <ol>
0171 <li> arabic number followed by a period: &lsquo;<samp>1.</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>2.</samp>&rsquo;,&nbsp;&hellip;
0172 </li><li> lowercase letter inside parentheses: &lsquo;<samp>(a)</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>(b)</samp>&rsquo;&nbsp;&hellip;
0173 </li><li> lowercase roman numeral followed by a period: &lsquo;<samp>i.</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>ii.</samp>&rsquo;,&nbsp;&hellip;
0174 </li><li> uppercase letter followed by a period: &lsquo;<samp>A.</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>B.</samp>&rsquo;,&nbsp;&hellip;
0175 </li></ol>
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0178 <a name="index-_005cenumii"></a>
0179 <a name="index-_005cenumiii"></a>
0180 <a name="index-_005cenumiv"></a>
0181 <a name="enumerate-enumi"></a><a name="enumerate-enumii"></a><a name="enumerate-enumiii"></a><a name="enumerate-enumiv"></a><p>The <code>enumerate</code> environment uses the counters <code>\enumi</code> through
0182 <code>\enumiv</code> (see <a href="Counters.html#Counters">Counters</a>).
0183 </p>
0184 <p>For other major LaTeX labeled list environments, see
0185 <a href="description.html#description">description</a> and <a href="itemize.html#itemize">itemize</a>.  For information about list layout
0186 parameters, including the default values, and for information about
0187 customizing list layout, see <a href="list.html#list">list</a>.  The package <samp>enumitem</samp> is
0188 useful for customizing lists.
0189 </p>
0190 <a name="index-_005clabelenumi"></a>
0191 <a name="index-_005clabelenumii"></a>
0192 <a name="index-_005clabelenumiii"></a>
0193 <a name="index-_005clabelenumiv"></a>
0194 <a name="enumerate-labelenumi"></a><a name="enumerate-labelenumii"></a><a name="enumerate-labelenumiii"></a><a name="enumerate-labelenumiv"></a><p>To change the format of the label use <code>\renewcommand</code>
0195 (see <a href="_005cnewcommand-_0026-_005crenewcommand.html#g_t_005cnewcommand-_0026-_005crenewcommand">\newcommand &amp; \renewcommand</a>) on the commands <code>\labelenumi</code>
0196 through <code>\labelenumiv</code>. For instance, this first level list will be
0197 labelled with uppercase letters, in boldface, and without a trailing
0198 period.
0199 </p>
0200 <a name="index-_005cAlph-example"></a>
0201 <div class="example">
0202 <pre class="example">\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\textbf{\Alph{enumi}}}
0203 \begin{enumerate}
0204   \item Shows as boldface A
0205   \item Shows as boldface B
0206 \end{enumerate}
0207 </pre></div>
0208 
0209 <p>For a list of counter-labeling commands see <a href="_005calph-_005cAlph-_005carabic-_005croman-_005cRoman-_005cfnsymbol.html#g_t_005calph-_005cAlph-_005carabic-_005croman-_005cRoman-_005cfnsymbol">\alph \Alph \arabic \roman \Roman \fnsymbol</a>.
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