css - Use nth-child value as a SASS variable

Question

Is there any way to use the nth-child value as a SASS variable ?

Examples of use :

div:nth-child(n) {
    content: '#{$n}'
}

div:nth-child(n) {
    background: rgb(#{$n}, #{$n}, #{$n});
}

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20120399/use-nth-child-value-as-a-sass-variable

Answer 1

I don't think there's a way to do exactly that. But you can use @for directive to loop through a known number of elements:

$elements: 15;
@for $i from 0 to $elements {
  div:nth-child(#{$i + 1}) {
     background: rgb($i, $i, $i);
  }
}