Markdown: how to make numbered list without writing the actual numbers [duplicate]

Question

Is it possible to make markdown numbered lists without writing the actual numbers?

For example, sometimes I have long numbered lists (10+ entries long). If I insert an item after the second list item, I have to update all item numbers afterwards.

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More Detail

Well-known way to make numbered lists:

1. Foo
2. Bar
3. Baz

What I would like is something like the below, and have it rendered just like any other numbered list.

#. Foo
#. Bar
#. Baz

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Pre-addressing Obvious Workaround

I know one technically doesn't have to update the numbers, and that it will be auto-rendered with a sequentially-increasing numbered list.

However, this results in the source code being "messy" (see below), and I would prefer not to have any numbers included and still get a numbered list.

1. Foo
9001. Spam
2. Bar
3. Baz

Geese

Even though the question isn't totally the same as mine (see the "Pre-addressing Obvious Workaround" above), it actually converges to the same answer as @TomWillis's below. – Geese

Answer 1

Are you OK with using "1." for each item in your ordered list?

1. Foo
1. Spam
1. Bar
1. Baz
1. Qux

It's the same for every member of you ordered lists, so there is a certain neatness you may desire, and gives you the desired output, while living within the constraints of MarkDown.

https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#ordered-lists

Sabol

yes that's right on track! If no other better answers show up, I will mark yours as the accepted answer – Geese