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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors Defining Variables

Posted by MUZ140018 Sibusisosenkosi Moyo
MUZ140018 Sibusisosenkosi Moyo
8,693 Points

please help me

Challenge Task 4 of 4

Set the width of the class .inner_sidebar to be half that of the sidebar_width variable.

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>
  <h1>Hampton's Blog</h1>
  <div class="sidebar">
    <div class="inner_sidebar">
      Thanks for the visit!
    </div>
  </div>
  <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 <a href="#">Mr. Chow's</a>, <a href="#">Live Sushi</a> and <a href="#">Piccino</a>. 
          <a href="/info.html">Read More</a>
        </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
style.scss 
/* Write your SCSS code below. */
$lime:#090;
a {
color:$lime;
}
$sidebar_width:100px;
$inner_sidebar:$sidebar_width /2;

1 Answer

Christine Rose
Christine Rose
6,745 Points
Christine Rose
Christine Rose
6,745 Points

Try this:

$lime: #090; $sidebar_width: 100px;

a { color: $lime; }

.inner_sidebar { width: $sidebar_width / 2; }