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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ In the main file I first initalise an instance of the class PalindromeCounter.
 
 Then I iterate through the .txt files in the test_files folder and for each one:
 * I get the first two lines and store them into variables `start` and `finish`
-* Use `chomp` on the second variable (because in the file there was a new line)
+* Use `chomp` on the first variable (because in the file there was a new line)
 * Calculate the count of palindrome numbers in the range
 * Output the name of the file checked, the range and the count of palindromes.