// This is the default html and body font-size for the base rem value.
$rem-base: 16px;
$rem-ratio:  24px; // Line height

// STRIP UNIT
// It strips the unit of measure and returns it
@function strip-unit($num) {
  @return $num / ($num * 0 + 1);
}

// CONVERT TO REM
@function convert-to-rem($value, $base-value: $rem-base) {
  $value: strip-unit($value) / strip-unit($base-value) * 1rem;
  @if ($value == 0rem) { $value: 0; } // Turn 0rem into 0
  @return $value;
}

@function rem-calc($values, $base-value: $rem-base) {
  $max: length($values);

  @if $max == 1 { @return convert-to-rem(nth($values, 1), $base-value); }

  $remValues: ();
  @for $i from 1 through $max {
    $remValues: append($remValues, convert-to-rem(nth($values, $i), $base-value));
  }
  @return $remValues;
}

// Rhythm unit helper; default is 24px
@function ru($units) {
  @if $units % .25 != 0 {
    @warn 'ru arguments should be a multiple of .25 --> `#{$units}` is not a multiple of .25';
  }

  $rhythm-base:   rem-calc(24px);
  @return $units * $rhythm-base;
}

@function lower-bound($range) {
  @if length($range) <= 0 {
    @return 0;
  }
  @return nth($range,1);
}

@function upper-bound($range) {
  @if length($range) < 2 {
    @return 999999999999;
  }
  @return nth($range, 2);
}