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SassMeister-input.scss

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// Sass (v3.4.12)
// Compass (v1.0.3)
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/*
 * Issue with using `inspect()` for a string accidentally
 * 
 * `inspect()`: Return a string containing the value as its Sass representation.
 * @url http://sass-lang.com/documentation/Sass/Script/Functions.html#inspect-instance_method
 */

/*
string without quotes
- `quote()` and `unquote()` work properly.
*/
unquoted-string {
  $string: foo;
  $inspected-string: inspect($string);
  result-1: $inspected-string;
  
  $quoted-string: quote($inspected-string);
  result-2: $quoted-string;
  result-3: unquote($quoted-string);
  result-4: #{$quoted-string};
}

/*
quoted string
- `unquote()` doesn't work properly.
*/

quoted-string {
  $string: "foo";
  $inspected-string: inspect($string);
  result-1: $inspected-string;
  result-2: quote($inspected-string);
  /* can't unquote it! */
  result-3: unquote($inspected-string);
  result-4: #{$inspected-string};
  result-5: unquote( unquote($inspected-string) );
  result-6: #{unquote($inspected-string)};
}

/* Use `str-slice()` to remove quotes */
remove-quotes {
  $string: "foo";
  $inspected-string: inspect($string);
  
  $removed-quotes: str-slice($inspected-string, 2, -2);

  result-1: $removed-quotes;
  $add-quotes: quote($removed-quotes);
  result-2: $add-quotes;
  result-3: unquote($add-quotes);
}

SassMeister-output.css

/*
 * Issue with using `inspect()` for a string accidentally
 * 
 * `inspect()`: Return a string containing the value as its Sass representation.
 * @url http://sass-lang.com/documentation/Sass/Script/Functions.html#inspect-instance_method
 */
/*
string without quotes
- `quote()` and `unquote()` work properly.
*/
unquoted-string {
  result-1: foo;
  result-2: "foo";
  result-3: foo;
  result-4: foo;
}

/*
quoted string
- `unquote()` doesn't work properly.
*/
quoted-string {
  result-1: "foo";
  result-2: '"foo"';
  /* can't unquote it! */
  result-3: "foo";
  result-4: "foo";
  result-5: "foo";
  result-6: "foo";
}

/* Use `str-slice()` to remove quotes */
remove-quotes {
  result-1: foo;
  result-2: "foo";
  result-3: foo;
}