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CSS Sass Basics Add Reusable Logic to Your Sass Loop Through Data in a Map with @each

Posted by Junior Aidee
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Junior Aidee
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Why was $theme replaced with $map in this video?

Why was $theme replaced with $map at the end of this video?

2 Answers

Clinton Hays
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Clinton Hays
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,156 Points

Hi Junior,

$map is used to make the mixin dynamic. It allows us to specify any map we have created instead of hard-coding the $themes map as it was in the beginning of the video.

Hope this helps! Happy coding!

Junior Aidee
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Junior Aidee
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Junior Aidee
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Thank you, Clinton!

Clinton Hays
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Clinton Hays
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:) Happy to help!