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CSS Modular CSS with Sass Getting Modular with Mixins and Functions Pixels to Em Function

Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie
11,062 Points
Posted by Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie
11,062 Points

error scss/_base.scss (Line 22: Undefined variable: "$font-weight--light".)

These are my variables:

// ==========================================================================
// Global Config
// ==========================================================================

// Font Stacks

$font-url--google: 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:100,300,400,700,900';
$font-family--primary: ‘Lato’, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
$font-family—secondary: ’Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

// Font Weights

$font-weight—-thin: 100;
$font-weight—-light: 300;
$font-weight—-medium: 400;
$font-weight—-bold: 700;
$font-weight—-ultra-bold: 900;

// Descriptive Base Colors

$white: #fff;
$black: #0b0b0b;
$grey: #797e83;

$fountain-blue  : #52bab3;
$emerald        : #5ece7f;
$sunglo         : #e67478;
$coral          : #ff784f;
$purple-majesty : #9279c3;
$scooter        : #39add1;

// Color Usage

$color-primary: $fountain-blue;
$color-secondary: $scooter;
$color-accent: $emerald;
$color-shadow: rgba($black, .2);

// Text

$base__font-size: 16px;
$base__line: 24px;
Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie
11,062 Points
Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie
11,062 Points

These are my _base styles:

// ==========================================================================
// Base Styles
// ==========================================================================

* {
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    font-size: $base__font-size;
    line-height: ($base__line/$base__font-size);
    font-family: $font-family--primary;
}

header {
  text-align:center;
  padding: em(48px) 0;
}

h1 {
    font-weight: $font-weight--light;
    font-size: em(42px);
    line-height: (46px / 42px);
    margin-bottom: em(70px, 42px);
}

h2 {
    font-family: $font-family--secondary;
    font-weight: $font-weight--thin;
    font-size: em(24);
}

Also my application.scss shows the base import in red?

@import 'config';
@import 'helpers';
@import 'utilities';
@import 'reset';
@import 'base';
@import 'main';

This is my _untilities.scss where the variable is defined.

// Import if Google Fonts URL is defined

@if variable-exists(font-url—-google) {
    @import url($font-url—-google);
}

// Functions and Directives

@function em($target, $context: $base__font-size) {
    @return ($target / $context) * 1em;
}

1 Answer

Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points
Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points

How about your command line directory? Are you in the correct directory? For example, are you watching files from the wrong directory like "video-2" instead of "video-3"?