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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Advanced Sass Concepts Interpolating and if/else

Nicolás Barceló
Nicolás Barceló
17,048 Points
Posted by Nicolás Barceló
Nicolás Barceló
17,048 Points

Declare variable sass and set its value

What am i doing wrong in this code? I'm stuck in this challenge:

It works in my compiler.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Sass Basics - Code Challenge</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="page-style.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <div class="wrap">
    <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
    <ul id="menu">
      <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">About Hampton</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Hampton's Work</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="entry">
      <h1>Delicious Food in SF</h1>
      <div class="content">
        <p>
          You know what my favorite restaurant in San Francisco is? The answer is that there are so many great restaurants that I couldn't choose one. But honorable mentions include Mr. Chow's, Live Sushi and Piccino. 
          <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
        </p>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="entry">
      <h1>Great Music</h1>
        <div class="content">
          <p>
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            <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
          </p>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
$time : "morning";
@mixin cars($make, $color) {
  .#{$make} {
    border: 1px solid black;
    background-image: url("#{$color}.png");
  }

  @if $time == "morning" {
    a {
      color: red;
    }
  } @else {
    a {
      color: gray;
    }
  }
}

1 Answer

Bob McCarty
PLUS
Bob McCarty
Courses Plus Student 16,618 Points
Bob McCarty
Bob McCarty
Courses Plus Student 16,618 Points

Nicolás,

You can find the answer at:

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/ifelse-in-sass. I posted the code from that answer.

$time: morning;
a {
  @if $time == morning {
    color: red;
  } @else if $time == afternoon {
    color: blue;
  } @else {
    color: grey;
  }
}