Sass - @else if Directive

Description

The @else if statements are used with the @if directive. Whenever the @if statement fails then the @else if statements are tried and if they also fail, then the @else is executed.

Syntax

@if expression {
   // CSS codes
} @else if condition {
   // CSS codes
} @else {
   // CSS codes
}

Example

The following example demonstrates the the use of @else if directive −

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Control Directives & Expressions</title>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" type = "text/css" href = "style.css"/>
   </head>

   <body>
      <div class = "container">
         <h1>Example for Control Directive & Expressions</h1>
         <p>SASS stands for Syntactically Awesome Stylesheet.</p>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Next, create file style.scss.

style.scss

$type: audi;
p {
   @if $type == benz {
      color: red;
   } @else if $type == mahindra {
      color: blue;
   } @else if $type == audi {
      color: green;
   } @else {
      color: black;
   }
}

You can tell SASS to watch the file and update the CSS whenever SASS file changes, by using the following command −

sass --watch C:\ruby\lib\sass\style.scss:style.css

Next, execute the above command; it will create the style.css file automatically with the following code −

style.css

p {
   color: green; 
}

Output

Let us carry out the following steps to see how the above given code works −

  • Save the above given html code in if_else_directive.html file.

  • Open this HTML file in a browser, an output is displayed as shown below.

Sass Control Directives & Expressions
sass_control_directives_expressions.htm
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