// Checks if a number is even
@function is-even($int) {
  @if $int%2 == 0   {
    @return true;
  }

  @return false;
}

// Checks if an element belongs to a list
@function belongs-to($tested-item, $list) {
  @each $item in $list {
    @if $item == $tested-item {
      @return true;
    }
  }

  @return false;
}

// Contains display value
@function contains-display-value($query) {
  @if belongs-to(table, $query) or belongs-to(block, $query) or belongs-to(inline-block, $query) or belongs-to(inline, $query) {
    @return true;
  }

  @return false;
}

// Parses the first argument of span-columns()
@function container-span($span: $span) {
  @if length($span) == 3 {
    $container-columns: nth($span, 3);
    @return $container-columns;
  }

  @else if length($span) == 2 {
    $container-columns: nth($span, 2);
    @return $container-columns;
  }

  @else {
    @return $grid-columns;
  }
}

// Generates a striped background
@function gradient-stops($grid-columns, $color: $visual-grid-color) {
  $transparent: rgba(0,0,0,0);

  $column-width: flex-grid(1, $grid-columns);
  $gutter-width: flex-gutter($grid-columns);
  $column-offset: $column-width;

  $values: ($transparent 0, $color 0);

  @for $i from 1 to $grid-columns*2 {
    @if is-even($i) {
      $values: append($values, $transparent $column-offset);
      $values: append($values, $color $column-offset);
      $column-offset: $column-offset + $column-width;
    }

    @else {
      $values: append($values, $color $column-offset);
      $values: append($values, $transparent $column-offset);
      $column-offset: $column-offset + $gutter-width;
    }
  }

  @return $values;
}