How to enumerate from i, then j, k, l, m,

Question

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumerate}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
\item one
\item two
\item three
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

This would result in numbering (i), (ii), (iii), ...
I want to number (i), (j), (k), ... What should I do?

Answer 1

You can do it as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumerate}

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[(a)]\setcounter{enumi}{8}
\item one
\item two
\item three
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

That 8 is there because the letter “i” is the 9^th letter of the alphabet.

Answer 2

Using enumitem rather than enumerate is recommended. You can even avoid to count the letters:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN \intfromalph \int_from_alph:n
\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*),start=\intfromalph{i}]
\item one
\item two
\item three
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}