How do you create an ordered list in HTML?

HTML Ordered Lists

The HTML

tag defines an ordered list. An ordered list can be numerical or alphabetical.

HTML Lists

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HTML lists allow web developers to group a set of related items in lists.

Example

An unordered HTML list:

• Item
• Item
• Item
• Item

An ordered HTML list:

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
4. Fourth item

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How to create an ordered list with list items numbered with numbers in HTML?

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To create ordered list in HTML, use the

tag. Ordered list starts with the
tag. The list item starts with the
1. tag and will be marked as numbers, lowercase letters uppercase letters, roman letters, etc. The default numbers for list items.

   For creating an ordered list with numbers, use the

   tag attribute type. This attribute will assign the value number i.e.
   to create ordered list numbered with numbers.

   : The Ordered List element

   The

   HTML element represents an ordered list of items — typically rendered as a numbered list.
   Content categoriesPermitted contentTag omissionPermitted parentsImplicit ARIA rolePermitted ARIA rolesDOM interface

   Flow content, and if the element's children include at least one element, palpable content.

   Zero or more , and elements.

   None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.

   Any element that accepts flow content.

   list

   directory, group, listbox, menu, menubar, none, presentation, radiogroup, tablist, toolbar, tree

   HTMLOListElement

   HTML Lists

   In this tutorial you will learn how to create different types of lists in HTML.

   HTML Ordered List | HTML Numbered List

   HTML Ordered List or Numbered List displays elements in numbered format. The HTML ol tag is used for ordered list. We can use ordered list to represent items either in numerical order format or alphabetical order format, or any format where an order is emphasized. There can be different types of numbered list:

   • Numeric Number [1, 2, 3]
   • Capital Roman Number [I II III]
   • Small Romal Number [i ii iii]
   • Capital Alphabet [A B C]
   • Small Alphabet [a b c]

   To represent different ordered lists, there are 5 types of attributes in

   tag.
   TypeDescription

   Type "1"	This is the default type. In this type, the list items are numbered with numbers.
   Type "I"	In this type, the list items are numbered with upper case roman numbers.
   Type "i"	In this type, the list items are numbered with lower case roman numbers.
   Type "A"	In this type, the list items are numbered with upper case letters.
   Type "a"	In this type, the list items are numbered with lower case letters.

   Creating Lists