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Ordered List

  • Ordered lists are used to group the set of related items with numbers.
  • In the order list, all the items are marked with a number by default so it is also called a numbered list
  • it starts with <ol> tag, and list items start with <li> tag.

Syntax:

    <ol>
        <li>line1</li>
        <li>Line2</li>
        <li>Line3</li>
    </ol>

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Ordered list</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h3>Ordered list example</h3>
    <ol>
        <li>Cat</li>
        <li>Dog</li>
        <li>Cow</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Output:


The type attribute in the Ordered List

TypeDescription
type="1"The list items will be numbered with numbers (default)
type="A"The list items will be numbered with uppercase letters
type="a"The list items will be numbered with lowercase letters
type="I"The list items will be numbered with uppercase roman numbers
type="i"The list items will be numbered with lowercase roman numbers

Numbers

  • The type="1" attribute specifies that the list items will be numbered with numbers by default. 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Ordered list</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h3>Ordered list example</h3>
    <ol type="1">
        <li>Cat</li>
        <li>Dog</li>
        <li>Cow</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Output:


Lower Case Roman Number

 

  • The type="i" attribute specifies that the list items will be numbered with a lowercase roman number.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Ordered list</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h3>Ordered list example</h3>
    <ol type="i">
        <li>Cat</li>
        <li>Dog</li>
        <li>Cow</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Output:


Upper Case Alphabets

  • The type="A" attribute specifies that the list items will be numbered with an uppercase alphabet.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Ordered list</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h3>Ordered list example</h3>
    <ol type="A">
        <li>Cat</li>
        <li>Dog</li>
        <li>Cow</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Output:


Lower Case Alphabets

  • The type="a" attribute specifies that the list items will be numbered with a lowercase alphabet.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Ordered list</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h3>Ordered list example</h3>
    <ol type="a">
        <li>Cat</li>
        <li>Dog</li>
        <li>Cow</li>
    </ol>
</body>

</html>

Output: