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

kushalmahajan2
kushalmahajan2
7,683 Points
Posted by kushalmahajan2
kushalmahajan2
7,683 Points

Sass if else Code not parsing through

I feel it I did it right as per the challenge instructions and the Sass syntax but the error remains the same as "The color should be red".

Can anyone help me to figure out the issue on this challenge that appears as task 4/4

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>
              Here are some of my favorite bands from years past and present: Belle and Sebastian, Pixies, and Daft Punk. Listening to music allows me to focus when I'm programming. 
            <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

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

It looks like you put your variable and if statement inside of the mixin. Take $time:morning and everything below it outside of the mixin. Below I have document the issue:

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

    }
<-- Your mixin should close here (move the very last closing brace to here. 

     $time:  morning;

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


} <--- This is the culprit