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<h3 class="section">11.3 <code>@enumerate</code>: Making a Numbered or Lettered List</h3>

<p><a name="index-Enumeration-531"></a><a name="index-enumerate-532"></a>
<code>@enumerate</code> is like <code>@itemize</code> (see <a href="itemize.html#itemize"><code>@itemize</code></a>), except that the labels on the items are
successive integers or letters instead of bullets.

  <p>Write the <code>@enumerate</code> command at the beginning of a line.  The
command does not require an argument, but accepts either a number or a
letter as an option.  Without an argument, <code>@enumerate</code> starts the
list with the number &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">1</span></samp>&rsquo;.  With a numeric argument, such as
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">3</span></samp>&rsquo;, the command starts the list with that number.  With an upper
or lower case letter, such as &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">a</span></samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">A</span></samp>&rsquo;, the command starts
the list with that letter.

  <p>Write the text of the enumerated list in the same way as an itemized
list: write a line starting with <code>@item</code> at the beginning of
each paragraph that you want enumerated.  It is ok to have text
following the <code>@item</code>.

  <p>You should put a blank line between entries in the list. 
This generally makes it easier to read the Info file.

  <p>Here is an example of <code>@enumerate</code> without an argument:

<pre class="example">     @enumerate
     @item
     Underlying causes.
     
     @item
     Proximate causes.
     @end enumerate
</pre>
  <p class="noindent">This produces:

     <ol type=1 start=1>
<li>Underlying causes.

     <li>Proximate causes.
       </ol>
  <pre class="sp">

</pre>
Here is an example with an argument of <kbd>3</kbd>:
  <pre class="sp">

</pre>
<pre class="example">     @enumerate 3
     @item
     Predisposing causes.
     
     @item
     Precipitating causes.
     
     @item
     Perpetuating causes.
     @end enumerate
</pre>
  <p class="noindent">This produces:

     <ol type=1 start=3>
<li>Predisposing causes.

     <li>Precipitating causes.

     <li>Perpetuating causes.
       </ol>
  <pre class="sp">

</pre>
Here is a brief summary of the alternatives.  The summary is constructed
using <code>@enumerate</code> with an argument of <kbd>a</kbd>.
  <pre class="sp">

</pre>
     <ol type=a start=1>
<li><code>@enumerate</code>

     <p>Without an argument, produce a numbered list, starting with the number
1.

     <li><code>@enumerate </code><var>positive-integer</var>

     <p>With a (positive) numeric argument, start a numbered list with that
number.  You can use this to continue a list that you interrupted with
other text.

     <li><code>@enumerate </code><var>upper-case-letter</var>

     <p>With an upper case letter as argument, start a list
in which each item is marked
by a letter, beginning with that upper case letter.

     <li><code>@enumerate </code><var>lower-case-letter</var>

     <p>With a lower case letter as argument, start a list
in which each item is marked by
a letter, beginning with that lower case letter.
       </ol>

  <p>You can also nest enumerated lists, as in an outline.

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