How can I make a roman numeral list in Markdown?

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besrabasant picture besrabasant · Jan 20, 2018 · Viewed 7k times · Source

How do I create a roman numeral list in Markdown?

Like this...

i) Higher per acre field of sugarcane.
ii) Higher sucrose content of sugarcane.
iii) Lower Labor cost.
iv) Longer crushing period.

Answer

Todd A. Jacobs picture Todd A. Jacobs · Jan 22, 2018

Pandoc Supports Roman Numerals for Ordered Lists

The original Markdown doesn't support Roman numerals, and currently (as of version 0.28) neither does CommonMark. However, some Markdown flavors and processors do support them, either natively or with certain extensions enabled.

Pandoc allows you to use two spaces after a letter or Roman numeral to indicate such a list. For example:

I.  Foo 
    A.  Bar 
    B.  Baz 
II.  Quux

will render the following HTML:

<ol type="I">
<li>Foo
<ol type="A">
<li>Bar</li>
<li>Baz</li>
</ol></li>
<li>Quux</li>
</ol>

This specific example doesn't require CSS or non-default extensions, but does require that you render your markup with Pandoc rather than some other processor. If you're using anything else, your mileage will vary.

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