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CSS Sass Basics Add Reusable Logic to Your Sass Advanced Mixins Challenge

cody conner
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cody conner
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cody conner
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stuck on a challenge

Switch the order of the square arguments. Be sure to specify the variable for each argument.

Bummer: The mixin should take 2 parameters, '$size' and '$color'.
style.scss ​

@mixin square($color:black, $size) { width: $size; height: $size; border: 1px solid $color; } ​ .box { @include square(50px, red); }

style.scss 
@mixin square($color:black, $size) {
  width: $size;
  height: $size;
  border: 1px solid $color;
}

.box {
  @include square(50px, red);
}

4 Answers

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
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Hey cody conner 👋

Looks like you've currently switched the order of the parameters in the mixin itself 🙂

You'll instead want to switch the order of the arguments where the mixin is being called. After changing the order also make sure to specify the variable names for those arguments. Without specifying those the red value will be used for the $size and the 50px value for the $color, as that is the order that was initially defined 🙂

@mixin square($size, $color: black) {
  width: $size;
  height: $size;
  border: 1px solid $color;
}

.box {
  @include square($color: red, $size: 50px);
}

Hope this helps! 😃

cody conner
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im still getting this

Bummer: The mixin should take 2 parameters, '$size' and '$color'.

i appreciate your help.

this for some reason just catching me

michael apprich
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Which step of the challenge is this?

michael apprich
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michael apprich
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It wants you to switch the order of the arguments being passed in the style rule and for you to define which is which by adding the argument name. So I believe it should look like this:

@mixin square($size, $color:black) {
  width: $size;
  height: $size;
  border: 1px solid $color;
}

.box {
  @include square($color:red, $size:50px);
}