HTML Lists:

Lists are like vertical representation of many items from top to bottom. In HTML lists are of following three types-

Unordered Lists (UL)
Ordered Lists (OL)
Description Lists (DL)

Unordered Lists (UL): In unordered lists, items are listed with bullets.

Syntax:

  <ul>
	<li> Sachin Tendulkar </li>
	<li> Saurav Ganguly </li>
	<li> Rahul Dravid </li>
	<li> VVS Laxman </li>
  </ul>

Output:

Attributes:

type: it is used with <ul> to specify the type of bullet. Its possible values are disc / square / circle.

Ordered Lists (OL): In ordered lists, items are listed with numerals.

Syntax:

  <ol>
	<li> Sachin Tendulkar </li>
	<li> Saurav Ganguly </li>
	<li> Rahul Dravid </li>
	<li> VVS Laxman </li>
  </ol>

Output:

Attributes:

type: it is used with <ol> to specify the type of numeral. It’s values are- 1 / a / A / i.

NOTE: The default type in <ul> is “disc” whereas in <ol> it is “1”.

Description Lists (DL): In Description lists, items are listed in a little more detail. two specific tags <dt> and <dd> are used as description terms and description detail respectively.

Syntax:

  <dl>
	<dt>India</dt>
	<dd>India is a democratic country in south asia. It has been the oldest civilization in the world.</dd>
	<dt>Sri Lanka</dt>
	<dd>Sri Lanka is another democratic country in south asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean just next to the southern state Tamilnadu of India.</dd>
	<dt>Bangladesh</dt>
	<dd>Bangladesh was once a part of Pakistan but in 1971 it became an independent nation.</dd>
  </dl>

Output: