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

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Posted by Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Got a bit stuck on the Sass if/else

I think I've tried everything... I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
@mixin cars($make, $color) {
  .#{$make} {
  border: 1px solid black;
  background-image: url("#{$color}.png");
  }
}

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

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

I think you just need an @ before your else in your decision clauses. Super easy to miss, particularly if you're used to writing another language.

$time: morning;
a {
  @if $time == morning {
    color: red;
  } @else if $time == afternoon {
    color: blue;
  } else {  // Needs an @ here!
    color: gray;
  }
}
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Thank you so much Rydavim! I probably spend almost an hour staring at the code trying to figure WHY it was wrong. LOL.

Jason :)