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title: Working With Text Lesson J
challengeType: 15
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If you want to have a list of items where the order doesn’t matter, like a shopping list of items that can be bought in any order, then you can use an unordered list.

Unordered lists are created using the `<ul>` element, and each item within the list is created using the list item element `<li>`.

Each list item in an unordered list begins with a bullet point:

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If you instead want to create a list of items where the order does matter, like step-by-step instructions for a recipe, or your top 10 favorite TV shows, then you can use an ordered list.

Ordered lists are created using the `<ol>` element. Each individual item in them is again created using the list item element `<li>`. However, each list item in an ordered list begins with a number instead:

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# --questions--

## --text--

What HTML tag is used to create list items within both unordered and ordered lists?

## --answers--

`<ol>`

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`<li>`

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`<ul>`

## --video-solution--

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