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I am using the \usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} package for automatic enumeration of question in my LaTeX document. However, I would like sometimes to mark (a) question(s) with an asterisk as to declare its level of difficulty. How can I do that?

I certainly don't like doing it manually , e.g after the \item command to place an asterisk like so \item $*$. Also I would like the asterisk to be a superscript to the number e.g something like 5* suppose.

Sample:

1. This is a sample question.
2. This is another sample question.
3*. This is a sample question with some difficulty.

This is what I would like the output to be. However the dot. I would like to be aligned with the other dots, if that , is of course possible.

Can this be done?

Tolaso
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    I think this has already been asked before, see for example http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/52715/modifying-labels-on-some-enumerated-items and change $*$\theenumi. to \theenumi\up{*}. – Damien Dtx Mar 14 '16 at 08:29
  • Thanks @DamienDtx. I used your comment to answer my question. Feel free to vote to close it. – Tolaso Mar 14 '16 at 08:33

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As answered by Damien Dtx , the solution to my question is the macro:

\newcommand{\myitem}{\refstepcounter{enumi}\item[\theenumi\up{*}.]}

This works!

Edit: I had mistyped it.

Tolaso
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  • I had to make a sligh modification to the code. In the label of enumi I am using "label=\textbf{\arabic*}." so that "." in the macro is unnecessary for me. So , I removed it. – Tolaso Mar 14 '16 at 08:55