good way to horizontally align enumerate items

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I have a collection of multiple choice questions that use the enumerate environment. In some cases, I'd like the align the answers (items) in specific ways. For example, I might want to align numbers at their decimal points like this:

I aligned the decimal points in this example using phantoms and llaps, but I'm curious if there's a better/slicker way that doesn't require as much manual tweaking -- something analogous to an align* environment that I could wrap around the enumerate items and just stick ampersands where needed?

Since I have a lot of multiple choice questions I'd like to change, I'm hoping to make this as easy as possible, and it would be great if it didn't break my enumerate environments.

MWE:

documentclassarticle

begindocument

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $1.618$ 
 item $2.71828$
 item $3.14159$
 item $42.00$
 item $1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $phantom1000.000llap1.618$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap2.71828$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap3.14159$
 item $phantom1000.00llap42.00$
 item $phantom1000.00llap1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

enddocument

enumerate

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I have a collection of multiple choice questions that use the enumerate environment. In some cases, I'd like the align the answers (items) in specific ways. For example, I might want to align numbers at their decimal points like this:

I aligned the decimal points in this example using phantoms and llaps, but I'm curious if there's a better/slicker way that doesn't require as much manual tweaking -- something analogous to an align* environment that I could wrap around the enumerate items and just stick ampersands where needed?

Since I have a lot of multiple choice questions I'd like to change, I'm hoping to make this as easy as possible, and it would be great if it didn't break my enumerate environments.

MWE:

documentclassarticle

begindocument

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $1.618$ 
 item $2.71828$
 item $3.14159$
 item $42.00$
 item $1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $phantom1000.000llap1.618$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap2.71828$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap3.14159$
 item $phantom1000.00llap42.00$
 item $phantom1000.00llap1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

enddocument

enumerate

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I have a collection of multiple choice questions that use the enumerate environment. In some cases, I'd like the align the answers (items) in specific ways. For example, I might want to align numbers at their decimal points like this:

I aligned the decimal points in this example using phantoms and llaps, but I'm curious if there's a better/slicker way that doesn't require as much manual tweaking -- something analogous to an align* environment that I could wrap around the enumerate items and just stick ampersands where needed?

Since I have a lot of multiple choice questions I'd like to change, I'm hoping to make this as easy as possible, and it would be great if it didn't break my enumerate environments.

MWE:

documentclassarticle

begindocument

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $1.618$ 
 item $2.71828$
 item $3.14159$
 item $42.00$
 item $1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $phantom1000.000llap1.618$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap2.71828$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap3.14159$
 item $phantom1000.00llap42.00$
 item $phantom1000.00llap1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

enddocument

enumerate

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lwad

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I have a collection of multiple choice questions that use the enumerate environment. In some cases, I'd like the align the answers (items) in specific ways. For example, I might want to align numbers at their decimal points like this:

I aligned the decimal points in this example using phantoms and llaps, but I'm curious if there's a better/slicker way that doesn't require as much manual tweaking -- something analogous to an align* environment that I could wrap around the enumerate items and just stick ampersands where needed?

Since I have a lot of multiple choice questions I'd like to change, I'm hoping to make this as easy as possible, and it would be great if it didn't break my enumerate environments.

MWE:

documentclassarticle

begindocument

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $1.618$ 
 item $2.71828$
 item $3.14159$
 item $42.00$
 item $1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

 beginenumerate
 item What is the meaning of life?
 beginenumerate
 item $phantom1000.000llap1.618$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap2.71828$
 item $phantom1000.00000llap3.14159$
 item $phantom1000.00llap42.00$
 item $phantom1000.00llap1000.00$
 endenumerate
 endenumerate

enddocument

enumerate

enumerate

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You can emulate the labels of an enumerate environment in the first column of a table, with package listliketab and use siunitxto align the numbers in the second column on the decimal dots, with the S column type. You even can cross-reference the items:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesiunitx, listliketab

 begindocument

storestyleofenumerate
beginlistliketab
newcountertabenumsetcountertabenum0renewcommandthetabenum(alphtabenum)
newcommandtabitemrefstepcountertabenumthetabenum
begintabular@L S[table-format=4.5, table-number-alignment=center]@
 tabitem & 1.618 \
 tabitemlabelrow-2 & 2.71828 \
 tabitem & 3.14159 \
 tabitem & 42.00 \
 tabitem & 1000.00
endtabular
endlistliketab

We read in row refrow-2 an approximate value of Euler’s number $e$. 

enddocument 

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You can emulate the labels of an enumerate environment in the first column of a table, with package listliketab and use siunitxto align the numbers in the second column on the decimal dots, with the S column type. You even can cross-reference the items:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesiunitx, listliketab

 begindocument

storestyleofenumerate
beginlistliketab
newcountertabenumsetcountertabenum0renewcommandthetabenum(alphtabenum)
newcommandtabitemrefstepcountertabenumthetabenum
begintabular@L S[table-format=4.5, table-number-alignment=center]@
 tabitem & 1.618 \
 tabitemlabelrow-2 & 2.71828 \
 tabitem & 3.14159 \
 tabitem & 42.00 \
 tabitem & 1000.00
endtabular
endlistliketab

We read in row refrow-2 an approximate value of Euler’s number $e$. 

enddocument 

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edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

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answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

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  Thanks for editing, @sigur!
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You can emulate the labels of an enumerate environment in the first column of a table, with package listliketab and use siunitxto align the numbers in the second column on the decimal dots, with the S column type. You even can cross-reference the items:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesiunitx, listliketab

 begindocument

storestyleofenumerate
beginlistliketab
newcountertabenumsetcountertabenum0renewcommandthetabenum(alphtabenum)
newcommandtabitemrefstepcountertabenumthetabenum
begintabular@L S[table-format=4.5, table-number-alignment=center]@
 tabitem & 1.618 \
 tabitemlabelrow-2 & 2.71828 \
 tabitem & 3.14159 \
 tabitem & 42.00 \
 tabitem & 1000.00
endtabular
endlistliketab

We read in row refrow-2 an approximate value of Euler’s number $e$. 

enddocument 

share|improve this answer

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

22.4k350132

answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for editing, @sigur!
  – Bernard
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
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up vote
3
down vote

You can emulate the labels of an enumerate environment in the first column of a table, with package listliketab and use siunitxto align the numbers in the second column on the decimal dots, with the S column type. You even can cross-reference the items:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesiunitx, listliketab

 begindocument

storestyleofenumerate
beginlistliketab
newcountertabenumsetcountertabenum0renewcommandthetabenum(alphtabenum)
newcommandtabitemrefstepcountertabenumthetabenum
begintabular@L S[table-format=4.5, table-number-alignment=center]@
 tabitem & 1.618 \
 tabitemlabelrow-2 & 2.71828 \
 tabitem & 3.14159 \
 tabitem & 42.00 \
 tabitem & 1000.00
endtabular
endlistliketab

We read in row refrow-2 an approximate value of Euler’s number $e$. 

enddocument 

share|improve this answer

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

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answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

You can emulate the labels of an enumerate environment in the first column of a table, with package listliketab and use siunitxto align the numbers in the second column on the decimal dots, with the S column type. You even can cross-reference the items:

documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc
usepackage[T1]fontenc
usepackagesiunitx, listliketab

 begindocument

storestyleofenumerate
beginlistliketab
newcountertabenumsetcountertabenum0renewcommandthetabenum(alphtabenum)
newcommandtabitemrefstepcountertabenumthetabenum
begintabular@L S[table-format=4.5, table-number-alignment=center]@
 tabitem & 1.618 \
 tabitemlabelrow-2 & 2.71828 \
 tabitem & 3.14159 \
 tabitem & 42.00 \
 tabitem & 1000.00
endtabular
endlistliketab

We read in row refrow-2 an approximate value of Euler’s number $e$. 

enddocument 

share|improve this answer

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

22.4k350132

answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

22.4k350132

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

22.4k350132

edited 24 mins ago

Sigur

22.4k350132

22.4k350132

answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

answered 25 mins ago

Bernard

159k764192

159k764192

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for editing, @sigur!
  – Bernard
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for editing, @sigur!
  – Bernard
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

Thanks for editing, @sigur!
– Bernard
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Thanks for editing, @sigur!
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