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SassMeister-input.scss

// ----
// Sass (v3.3.0.rc.2)
// Compass (v1.0.0.alpha.17)
// SassyCast (v0.0.1)
// ----

@import "SassyCast";

@function to-list($value, $keep: 'both') {
  @if type-of($value) == map {
    $keys: ();
    $values: ();
    @each $key, $val in $value {
      $keys: append($keys, $key);
      $values: append($values, $val);
    }
    @if $keep == 'both' {
      @return zip($keys, $values);
    } @else {
      @return if($keep == 'keys', $keys, $values);
    }
  }

  @return if(type-of($value) != list, ($value,), $value);
}

$list: lorem ipsum;
$map: to-map($list);

div {
  foo: to-list($map);
  bar: to-list($map, 'keys');
  baz: to-list($map, 'values');
}

SassMeister-output.css

div {
  foo: 1 lorem, 2 ipsum;
  bar: 1 2;
  baz: lorem ipsum;
}