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# \<enumerate>

## \<enumerate> <a href="#enumerate" id="enumerate"></a>

The `<enumerate>` element is an automatically generated description of the choices available to the user.

### Attributes

None

### Notes

The element specifies a template that is applied to each choice in the order they appear in the menu. The element may refer to two special variables: \_prompt refers to the prompt within the choice and \_dtmf refers to the assigned DTMF sequence of the choice.

### Example

```markup
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<vxml version="2.0">
  <menu id="maincoursea">
    <prompt>
      Please select an entree.
    <enumerate>
      For <value expr="_prompt"/>, press <value expr="_dtmf"/> or say <value expr="_prompt"/>.
    </enumerate>
    </prompt>
    <choice next="#maincoursea1" dtmf="1"> swordfish steak </choice>
    <choice next="#maincoursea2" dtmf="2"> roast beef </choice>
  </menu>

  <menu id="maincoursea1">
    <prompt>
      You chose swordfish steak. Press 1 or say dessert to hear what's for dessert.
    </prompt>
    <choice next="#dessert" dtmf="1">Dessert</choice>
  </menu>

  <menu id="maincoursea2">
    <prompt>
      You chose roast beef. Press 1 or say dessert to hear what's for dessert.
    </prompt>
    <choice next="#dessert" dtmf="1">Dessert</choice>
  </menu>

  <form id="dessert">
    <block>
      <prompt>
        The dessert today is chocolate pie.
      </prompt>
    </block>
  </form>
</vxml>
```

The output of the above script would be:

> Computer: Please select an entree. For swordfish steak, press 1 or say swordfish steak. For roast beef, press 2 or say roast beef.\
> Human: Roast beef.\
> Computer: You chose roast beef. Press 1 or say dessert to hear what's for dessert.\
> Human: Dessert.\
> Computer: The dessert today is chocolate pie.

### Child Tags

[\<audio>](/dev/voicexml/tags/audio-tag.md), [\<break>](/dev/voicexml/tags/break-tag.md), [\<emphasis>](/dev/voicexml/tags/emphasis-tag.md), [\<enumerate>](/dev/voicexml/tags/enumerate-tag.md), [\<mark>](/dev/voicexml/tags/mark-tag.md), [\<phoneme>](/dev/voicexml/tags/phoneme-tag.md), [\<prosody>](/dev/voicexml/tags/prosody-tag.md), [\<say-as>](/dev/voicexml/tags/say-as-tag.md), [\<speak>](/dev/voicexml/tags/speak-tag.md), [\<sub>](/dev/voicexml/tags/sub-tag.md), [\<paragraph>](/dev/voicexml/tags/paragraph-tag.md), [\<sentence>](/dev/voicexml/tags/sentence-tag.md), [\<value>](/dev/voicexml/tags/value-tag.md), [\<voice>](/dev/voicexml/tags/voice-tag.md)

### Parent Tags

[\<audio>](/dev/voicexml/tags/audio-tag.md), [\<block>](/dev/voicexml/tags/block-tag.md), [\<catch>](/dev/voicexml/tags/catch-tag.md), [\<emphasis>](/dev/voicexml/tags/emphasis-tag.md), [\<enumerate>](/dev/voicexml/tags/enumerate-tag.md), [\<error>](/dev/voicexml/tags/error-tag.md), [\<field>](/dev/voicexml/tags/field-tag.md), [\<filled>](/dev/voicexml/tags/filled-tag.md), [\<help>](/dev/voicexml/tags/help-tag.md), [\<if>](/dev/voicexml/tags/if-tag.md), [\<initial>](/dev/voicexml/tags/initial-tag.md), [\<menu>](/dev/voicexml/tags/menu-tag.md), [\<noinput>](/dev/voicexml/tags/noinput-tag.md), [\<nomatch>](/dev/voicexml/tags/nomatch-tag.md), [\<paragraph>](/dev/voicexml/tags/paragraph-tag.md), [\<prompt>](/dev/voicexml/tags/prompt-tag.md), [\<prosody>](/dev/voicexml/tags/prosody-tag.md), [\<record>](/dev/voicexml/tags/record-tag.md), [\<sentence>](/dev/voicexml/tags/sentence-tag.md), [\<speak>](/dev/voicexml/tags/speak-tag.md), [\<subdialog>](/dev/voicexml/tags/subdialog-tag.md), [\<transfer>](/dev/voicexml/tags/transfer-tag.md), [\<voice>](/dev/voicexml/tags/voice-tag.md)