<exercise>
The exercise tag contains a description of an exercise for readers to perform. It can be freeform,
containing elements such as <p>, <figure> or <image>.
Alternatively, it can be structured with components such as <statement> and <solution>,
or even broken down with the <task> tag.
Syntax
Variants
There are 2 variants of <exercise>.
Examples
An unstructured exercise within the section content
This exercise occurs within other content inside a division (a <paragraphs>), so it appears as a Checkpoint.
It is unstructured as it itself contains only <p> tags.
A structured exercises with in a list of exercises
This exercise occurs inside an <exercises> tag, so it is rendered a list item.
It is structured to include a hint, solution, and answer.
A complex exercise with task
This exercise is broken down into an introduction, a set of tasks, and a conclusion.
An exercise with a custom number
You can use the number attribute to override the display number of an example. This is useful,
for example, when quoting exercises from other textbooks.