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								id: 587d7dbf367417b2b2512bbc
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								title: Split Your Styles into Smaller Chunks with Partials
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								forumTopicId: 301459
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								dashedName: split-your-styles-into-smaller-chunks-with-partials
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								# --description--
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								<dfn>Partials</dfn> in Sass are separate files that hold segments of CSS code. These are imported and used in other Sass files. This is a great way to group similar code into a module to keep it organized.
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								Names for partials start with the underscore (`_`) character, which tells Sass it is a small segment of CSS and not to convert it into a CSS file. Also, Sass files end with the `.scss` file extension. To bring the code in the partial into another Sass file, use the `@import` directive.
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								For example, if all your mixins are saved in a partial named "\_mixins.scss", and they are needed in the "main.scss" file, this is how to use them in the main file:
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								```scss
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								// In the main.scss file
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								@import 'mixins'
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								```
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								Note that the underscore and file extension are not needed in the `import` statement - Sass understands it is a partial. Once a partial is imported into a file, all variables, mixins, and other code are available to use.
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								# --instructions--
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								Write an `@import` statement to import a partial named `_variables.scss` into the main.scss file.
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								# --hints--
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								Your code should use the `@import` directive, and should not include the underscore in the file name.
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								```js
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								assert(code.match(/@import\s+?('|")variables\1/gi));
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								```
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								# --seed--
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								## --seed-contents--
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								```html
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								<!-- The main.scss file -->
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								```
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								# --solutions--
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								```html
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								@import 'variables'
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								```
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