diff --git a/02_MENT/main_02_MENT.cpp b/02_MENT/main_02_MENT.cpp
index d4ed3dc..4844b36 100644
--- a/02_MENT/main_02_MENT.cpp
+++ b/02_MENT/main_02_MENT.cpp
@@ -94,13 +94,11 @@ PascalString bitwiseDualAnd(PascalString a, PascalString b) {
 }
 
 PascalString bitwiseHexAnd(PascalString a, PascalString b) {
-    PascalString shortString = a.length < b.length ? a : b;
-    PascalString longString = a.length > b.length ? a : b;
-    PascalString result = {longString.length, '0'};
+    PascalString result = {a.length, '0'};
 
-    for(int i = longString.length; i >= 0; --i) {
-        if(shortString.length < i) result.characters[i] = longString.characters[i];
-        result.characters[i] = longString.characters[i] & shortString.characters[i];
+    for(int i = a.length; i >= 0; --i) {
+        if(b.length < i) result.characters[i] = a.characters[i];
+        result.characters[i] = a.characters[i] & b.characters[i];
     }
 
     return result;