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---
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title: Structure of a Stylesheet
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table_of_contents: true
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---
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Just like CSS, most Sass stylesheets are mainly made up of style rules that
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contain property declarations. But Sass stylesheets have many more features that
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can exist alongside these.
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## Statements
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A Sass stylesheet is made up of a series of *statements*, which are evaluated in
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order to build the resulting CSS. Some statements may have *blocks*, defined
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using `{` and `}`, which contain other statements. For example, a style rule is
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a statement with a block. That block contains other statements, such as property
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declarations.
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In SCSS, statements are separated by semicolons (which are optional if the
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statement uses a block). In the indented syntax, they're just separated by
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newlines.
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### Universal Statements
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These types of statements can be used anywhere in a Sass stylesheet:
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* [Variable declarations](../variables), like `$var: value`.
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* [Flow control at-rules](../at-rules/control), like `@if` and `@each`.
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* The [`@error`](../at-rules/error), [`@warn`](../at-rules/warn), and
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[`@debug`](../at-rules/debug) rules.
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### CSS Statements
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These statements produce CSS. They can be used anywhere except within a
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`@function`:
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* [Style rules](../style-rules), like `h1 { /* ... */ }`.
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* [CSS at-rules](../at-rules/css), like `@media` and `@font-face`.
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* [Mixin uses](../at-rules/mixin) using `@include`.
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* The [`@at-root` rule](../at-rules/at-root).
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### Top-Level Statements
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These statements can only be used at the top level of a stylesheet, or nested
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within a CSS statement at the top level:
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* [Imports](../at-rules/import), using `@import`.
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* [Mixin definitions](../at-rules/mixin) using `@mixin`.
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* [Function definitions](../at-rules/function) using `@function`.
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### Other Statements
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* [Property declarations](../style-rules/declarations) like `width: 100px` may
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only be used within style rules and some CSS at-rules.
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* The [`@extend` rule](../at-rules/extend) may only be used within style rules.
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## Expressions
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An *expression* is anything that goes on the right-hand side of a property or
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variable declaration. Each expression produces a *[value][]*. Any valid CSS property
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value is also a Sass expression, but Sass expressions are much more powerful
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than plain CSS values. They're passed as arguments to [mixins][] and
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[functions][], used for control flow with the [`@if` rule][], and manipulated using
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[arithmetic][]. We call Sass's expression syntax *SassScript*.
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[value]: ../values
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[mixins]: ../at-rules/mixin
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[functions]: ../at-rules/function
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[`@if` rule]: ../at-rules/control/if
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[arithmetic]: ../operators/numeric
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### Literals
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The simplest expressions just represent static values:
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* [Numbers](../values/numbers), which may or may not have units, like `12` or
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`100px`.
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* [Strings](../values/strings), which may or may not have quotes, like
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`"Helvetica Neue"` or `bold`.
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* [Colors](../values/colors), which can be referred to by their hex
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representation or by name, like `#c6538c` or `blue`.
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* The [boolean](../values/booleans) literals `true` or `false`.
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* The singleton [`null`](../values/null).
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* [Lists of values](../values/lists), which may be separated by spaces or commas
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and which may be enclosed in square brackets or no brackets at all, like
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`1.5em 1em 0 2em`, `Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif`, or `[col1-start]`.
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* [Maps](../values/maps) that associate values with keys, like
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`("background": red, "foreground": pink)`.
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### Operations
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Sass defines syntax for a number of operations:
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<%= partial 'documentation/snippets/operator-list', locals: {parens: true} %>
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### Other Expressions
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* [Variables](../variables), like `$var`.
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* [Function calls](../at-rules/function), like `nth($list, 1)` or
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`var(--main-bg-color)`, which may call Sass core library functions or
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user-defined functions, or which may be compiled directly to CSS.
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* [Special functions](special-functions), like `calc(1px + 100%)` or
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`url(http://myapp.com/assets/logo.png)`, that have their own unique parsing
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rules.
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* [The parent selector](../style-rules/parent-selector), `&`.
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* The value `!important`, which is parsed as an unquoted string.
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