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What is lists in Latex?
- List are basic elements in a document, when used correctly they keep concepts organized and structured.
- This Will explains how to create and modify numbered and unnumbered lists in LATEX.
Types of Lists
- There are three types of lists in LaTeX.
- enumerated (1, 2, 3, ...) - \begin{enumerate}
- itemized ("bullets") - \begin{itemize}
- descriptions - \begin{description}
- All lists in LaTeX have the same general format:
- \begin{list type}
- \item List entry
- \item Next List entry
- \end{list type}
- Any time a \begin{operator} ... \end{operator} construct is being used in LaTeX, the text in between is said to be in the "operator" environment.
Example:
- text that begins with \begin{enumerate} and ends with \end{enumerate} is in the "enumerate" environment.
Enumerated Lists:
- An enumerated list is a numbered list.
- LaTeX will automatically keep track of the numbering of the list if you decide to add or subtract an item from the list.
- Create a numbered list that looks like the following.
- The text is in the file name.tex which is already in your latex directory.
- "My name is Alice, but - "
- "It's a stupid name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. "What does it mean?"
- "Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.
Itemized Lists:
- An itemized list is a bulleted list. The input format is exactly like that of enumerate only the list type is itemize, as in the following example.
- "My name is Alice, but - "
- "It's a stupid name enough!" Humpty Dumpty interrupted impatiently. "What does it mean?"
- "Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.
\begin{itemize}
\item ``That's a great deal to make one word mean,'' Alice said in a thoughtful tone.
\item ``When I make a word do a lot of work like that,'' said Humpty Dumpty,``I always pay it extra.''
\item ``Oh!'' said Alice. She was too much puzzled to make any other remark.
\end{itemize}
Description Lists:
- Description lists are contained within a description environment, just as enumerated or itemized lists are.
- However, a description list has both a term and a description, so some method of distinguishing the two is necessary.
- The description term follows the \item command and is bounded by brackets.
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\begin{description}
\item[Toves] are something like badgers they're something like lizards -- and they're something like corkscrews
\item[Gyre] to go round and round like a gyroscope
\item[Wabe] the grass-plot round a sun-dial, which goes a long way before it, a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side
\end{description}