Reference: =item
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:32:52Z

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| Chapter 4 The Perl Language |

## =item

    =item text

Starts a list. Lists should always be inside an `over/back` block. Many translators use the value of text on the first `=item` to determine the type of list:

`=item *`

  Bulleted list. An asterisk (`*`) is commonly used for the bullet, but can be replaced with any other single character. Followed by a blank line and then the text of the bulleted item:

  >     =item *

  >     This is the text of the bullet.

`=item` n

  Numbered list. Replace n with `1` on the first item, `2` on the second, and so on - pod does not automatically generate the numbers.

`=item` text

  Definition list. Formats text as the term and the following paragraph as the body of the list item. For example:

  >     =item <HTML>

  >     Indicates the beginning of an HTML file

  The exact appearance of the output depends on what translator you use, but it will look pretty much like this:

  >     <HTML>
  >         Indicates the beginning of an HTML file

Reference: =head2 |  | Reference: =over