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8.7 enumerate

Synopsis:

     \begin{enumerate}
     \item item1
     \item item2
     ...
     \end{enumerate}

The enumerate environment produces a numbered list. Enumerations can be nested within one another, up to four levels deep. They can also be nested within other paragraph-making environments, such as itemize (see itemize) and description (see description).

Each item of an enumerated list begins with an \item command. There must be at least one \item command within the environment.

By default, the numbering at each level is done like this:

  1. 1., 2., ...
  2. (a), (b), ...
  3. i., ii., ...
  4. A., B., ...

The enumerate environment uses the counters \enumi through \enumiv counters (see Counters). If the optional argument to \item is given, the counter is not incremented for that item.

The enumerate environment uses the commands \labelenumi through \labelenumiv to produce the default label. So, you can use \renewcommand to change the labels (see \newcommand & \renewcommand). For instance, to have the first level use uppercase letters:

     \renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\Alph{enumi}}