## 11.2 `@enumerate`: Making a Numbered or Lettered List

`@enumerate` is like `@itemize` (see `@itemize`), except that the labels on the items are successive integers or letters instead of bullets.

Write the `@enumerate` 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, `@enumerate` starts the list with the number ‘`1`’. With a numeric argument, such as ‘`3`’, the command starts the list with that number. With an upper or lower case letter, such as ‘`a`’ or ‘`A`’, the command starts the list with that letter.

Write the text of the enumerated list in the same way you write an itemized list: put `@item` on a line of its own before the start of each paragraph that you want enumerated. Do not write any other text on the line beginning with `@item`.

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

Here is an example of `@enumerate` without an argument:

    @enumerate
    @item
    Underlying causes.

    @item
    Proximate causes.
    @end enumerate

This produces:

1. Underlying causes.
2. Proximate causes.

Here is an example with an argument of `3`:

    @enumerate 3
    @item
    Predisposing causes.

    @item
    Precipitating causes.

    @item
    Perpetuating causes.
    @end enumerate

This produces:

1. Predisposing causes.
2. Precipitating causes.
3. Perpetuating causes.

Here is a brief summary of the alternatives. The summary is constructed using `@enumerate` with an argument of `a`.

1. `@enumerate`

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

2. `@enumerate positive-integer`

   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.

3. `@enumerate upper-case-letter`

   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.

4. `@enumerate lower-case-letter`

   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.

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