Lists
There are three types of lists: ordered, unordered and detailed.
We discuss these in the following sections.
Ordered List
An ordered list has the members of its list numbered. The list members are
wrapped by <OL> and </OL>. The list members
themselves are preceded with <LI>. For exampe:
<OL>
<LI>first
<LI>second
<LI>third
</OL>
gives
- first
- second
- third
Unordered List
This is used if you don't want the list members numbered, for example if
you are creating a list with a number of unrelated points. Here the list
members are wrapped by <UL> and </UL>.
Again, the list members themselves are preceded with <LI>. For
exampe:
<UL>
<LI>Chinese
<LI>Indian
<LI>Mexican
</UL>
gives
Descriptive List
If you have a list where you elaborate on each item then this is the list for
you. The list members are wrapped by <DL> and </DL>.
In this case, the list members are split into the member title
<DT>, and the member details <DD> within which
you can elaborate to your heart's content. For example, here is a 'described'
shopping list:
<DL>
<DT>Milk
<DD>Semi-skimmed or skimmed but not full fat.
<DT>Fruit
<DD>Anything from oranges, bananas and apples, but definitely no grapefruit.
<DT>Dairy
<DD>Brie, Camembert and lots of chocolate. Ah well, forget the diet!
</DL>
gives
- Milk
- Semi-skimmed or skimmed but not full fat.
- Fruit
- Anything from oranges, bananas and apples, but definitely no grapefruit.
- Dairy
- Brie, Camembert and lots of chocolate. Ah well, forget the diet!
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