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Amandeep Pasricha
14,932 PointsUnexpected error message please help
Below is my scss code
// VARIABLES ------------------------------------ /
$white: #fff;
$color-primary: #278da4;
$color-secondary: #b13c69;
$color-accent: #eeea72;
$color-shade: #eee;
$color-text: #343434;
$color-bg: #3acec2;
$color-bg-light: #009fe1;
$font-stack-primary: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
$font-stack-secondary: 'Bree Serif', serif;
/* BASE ------------------------------------------- */
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
color: $color-text;
font-size: 1rem;
line-height: 1.5;
font-family: $font-stack-primary;
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1,
h2 {
font-family: $font-stack-secondary;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
p {
margin-bottom: 1.25em;
}
a {
color: $color-primary;
text-decoration: none;
&:hover {
color: $color-secondary;
}
}
/* HEADER & FOOTER -------------------------------- */
header {
height: 460px;
background: linear-gradient($color-bg-light, $color-bg), url('../img/bg.jpg') no-repeat;
background-blend-mode: multiply;
background-size: cover;
position: relative;
.main-nav {
margin-top: 1em;
li {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 0.65em;
}
a {
color: $white;
font-size: 0.85em;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 0.5em;
}
}
header::after {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
transform: skewY(-2deg);
background-color: $white;
bottom: -25px;
}
header h1 {
color: $white;
font-size: 4.8em;
margin-bottom: 0;
letter-spacing: 1px;
}
header p {
color: $color-accent;
font-size: 1.25em;
margin: 0;
}
footer {
padding: 2em 0 0;
height: 100px;
background-color: $color-shade;
margin-top: 3.5em;
position: relative;
}
footer::before {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
transform: skewY(-2deg);
background-color: $color-shade;
top: -25px;
}
/* CONTAINERS ------------------------------------- */
.inner {
padding: 0.5em 1em;
}
.intro {
margin: auto;
padding: 1em 1em 3em;
}
/* COMPONENTS ------------------------------------- */
.img-featured {
width: 165px;
border: 4px solid $white;
border-radius: 50%;
margin-top: 75px;
position: relative;
z-index: 100;
}
.card {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
padding: 1.5em 1em;
border: 1px solid $color-shade;
border-radius: 0.25em;
h1 {
margin: 0.35em 0 0;
line-height: 1.25;
}
.icon,
h1{
color: $color-primary;
}
}
Here is my css code
/*
Error: Invalid CSS after "}": expected "}", was ""
on line 218 of scss/style.scss
213: width: 45%;
214: }
215: }
Backtrace:
scss/style.scss:218
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:1179:in `expected'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:1115:in `expected'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:1110:in `tok!'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:656:in `block'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:647:in `ruleset'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:673:in `block_child'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:666:in `block_contents'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:123:in `stylesheet'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/scss/parser.rb:39:in `parse'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/engine.rb:403:in `_to_tree'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/engine.rb:378:in `_render_with_sourcemap'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/engine.rb:295:in `render_with_sourcemap'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:490:in `update_stylesheet'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:215:in `block in update_stylesheets'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:209:in `each'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:209:in `update_stylesheets'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:293:in `watch'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/plugin.rb:109:in `method_missing'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/exec/sass_scss.rb:379:in `watch_or_update'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/exec/sass_scss.rb:51:in `process_result'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/exec/base.rb:52:in `parse'
/usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/exec/base.rb:19:in `parse!'
/usr/bin/sass:8:in `<main>'
*/
body:before {
white-space: pre;
font-family: monospace;
content: "Error: Invalid CSS after \"}\": expected \"}\", was \"\"\A on line 218 of scss/style.scss\A \A 213: width: 45%;\A 214: }\A 215: }"; }
I tried to fix the error message on line 215 on the scss file, but I simply can't see what's wrong?? Can anyone see the error? I can't continue with the videos unless I fix this.
2 Answers

Liam Clarke
19,888 PointsHello
You are missing a closing curly brace on the first header selector
approximately line 77
error
/* HEADER & FOOTER -------------------------------- */
header {
height: 460px;
background: linear-gradient($color-bg-light, $color-bg), url('../img/bg.jpg') no-repeat;
background-blend-mode: multiply;
background-size: cover;
position: relative;
.main-nav {
margin-top: 1em;
li {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 0.65em;
}
a {
color: $white;
font-size: 0.85em;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 0.5em;
}
}
Solution
/* HEADER & FOOTER -------------------------------- */
header {
height: 460px;
background: linear-gradient($color-bg-light, $color-bg), url("../img/bg.jpg") no-repeat;
background-blend-mode: multiply;
background-size: cover;
position: relative;
.main-nav {
margin-top: 1em;
li {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 0.65em;
}
a {
color: $white;
font-size: 0.85em;
text-decoration: none;
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 0.5em;
}
}
}

tomd
16,701 PointsLooking at your scss I cant see anything that says width: 45%
. Are you sure you've included all of your code in this question?