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

Posted by stevencooper
stevencooper
5,755 Points

Sass: i'm having trouble defining a variable & setting it's value.

The directions: Underneath the previous code, store the value "morning" in a variable named $time. Then write an if/else directive that will color all <a> tags. If the variable $time is equal to "morning", the color should be red. Otherwise, if the variable is "afternoon", the color should be blue. Finally, if the variable is set to anything else, the color should be gray.

"previous code" would be (& i'm praying it shows correctly)

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

so the above code is correct. where I am running into trouble is defining the $time variable & setting it's value to "morning"

I thought, from the instructional video, that it should read:

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

but I keep getting the "bummer! you need to define a $time variable & set it's value to "morning" error message.

I've tried making it a separate mixin but that is not correct either.

Help!!

thanks!

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("images/#{$color}.png");

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

2 Answers

Eric Roellig
Eric Roellig
9,150 Points
Eric Roellig
Eric Roellig
9,150 Points

you have to set the variable first

$time: morning;

Walter Lemus
Walter Lemus
141 Points
Walter Lemus
Walter Lemus
141 Points

nice explanation we can learn alot