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Deprecated in HTML5. Do not use.

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Attribute of
<ol> HTML Tag
What does <ol start=""> do?
Defines the starting number in an ordered list.

The start attribute of the ol element was used to define the first integer when rendering an unordered list. This is now deprecated, and should not be used.

Instead, use CSS to specify a counter-reset property.

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