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

Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points
Posted by Neslee Rodillo
Neslee Rodillo
19,615 Points

These instructions are confusing me, tried to follow the video but not able to understand.

Challenge: 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.

My answer:

@mixin cars ($make, $color){

    .#{$make} {
        border: 1px solid black;
      background-image: url("#{$color}.png");

  }

    $time:morning;

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

  }
}

Error: Bummer! The @if statement needs to evaluate the value of the $time variable.

4 Answers

John Weland
John Weland
42,478 Points

Try it like this:

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