I'd like to produce an _enumerate_ list with a custom number of stars placed to the left of the enumerate label, like this:
* 1. This is an easy question
** 2. This is a difficult question
*** 3. This is an impossible question
I know how to place one star everywhere (or indeed two or three stars), using the _enumerate_ package, but I do not know how to alternate the number of stars:
thanks a lot for your suggestion, it's pretty close. Let me clarify what I'm looking for.
I want to have an _enumerate_ list where some items will be preceded by one star, others by two stars, etc. but I need to retain the ability to specify how many stars to be assigned to each individual item -- the 1 2 3 pattern apparent in my example was a fluke. How can I do something like:
* 1. This is an easy question
*** 2. This is an impossible question
* 3. This is an easy question
** 4. This is a difficult question
*** 5. This is an impossible question
** 6. This is a difficult question
** 7. This is a difficult question
* 8. This is an easy question
I guess I would need to have a _label_ inside each _item_ to specify how many stars are to be assigned to it, then the _enumerate_ environment would need to be told how to print the content of the _label_ next to the standard _enumerate_ _label_, perhaps something along the lines of:
Here's another option, defining commands \itemone, \itemtwo, and \itemthree to add one, two, and three stars, respectively, before the correponding number:
I hadn't seen your message! According to my clock, your message was posted at 10:08am, while mine was posted at 10:09am!
Your code is *exactly* what I was looking for. I am ever so grateful for your help. I can see ways to apply the idea to other uses too, great stuff. The first piece of code you posted could come in handy one day too, always useful to have.