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The ultimate SASS - PX to REM mixin
// Create REM values with PX fall back
//
// Generate a REM with PX fallback from
// $baseFontSize. Enter the desired size based
// on pixels in numerical form. Supports shorthand.
//
// Forked from: http://codepen.io/thejameskyle/pen/JmBjc
//
// @author Greg Rickaby
// @since 1.0
//
// Usage: @include rem($property, $values);
// Example Usage:
// @include rem(font-size, 16px);
// @include rem(margin, 0 24px 0 12px);
//
// Outputs:
// font-size: 16px;
// font-size: 1.6rem;
// margin: 0 24px 0 12px;
// margin: 0 2.4rem 0 1.2rem;
// ----------------------------------
$baseFontSize: 10; // Based on HTML reset html { font-size: 62.5%; }
@function parseInt($n) {
@return $n / ($n * 0 + 1);
}
@mixin rem($property, $values) {
$px : ();
$rem: ();
$root: $baseFontSize;
@each $value in $values {
@if $value == 0 or $value == auto {
$px : append($px , $value);
$rem: append($rem, $value);
}
@else if type-of($value) == number {
$unit: unit($value);
$val: parseInt($value);
@if $unit == "px" {
$px : append($px, $value);
$rem: append($rem, ($val / $root + rem));
}
@if $unit == "rem" {
$px : append($px, ($val * $root + px));
$rem: append($rem, $value);
}
}
@else {
$px : append($px, $value);
$rem: append($rem, $value);
}
}
@if $px == $rem {
#{$property}: $px;
} @else {
#{$property}: $px;
#{$property}: $rem;
}
}
@function rem($value) {
$root: $baseFontSize;
$val: parseInt($value);
$return: ();
@if unit($value) == "px" {
$return: append($return, ($val / $root + rem));
} @else {
$return: append($return, ($val * $root + px));
}
@return $return;
}
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