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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/ch08-01-vectors.md
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Expand Up @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ to use a `for` loop to get immutable references to each element in a vector of

</Listing>

To read the number that `n_ref` refers to, we have to use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `n_ref` before we can add 1 to it, as covered in ["Dereferencing a Pointer Accesses Its Data"][deref].
To read the number that `i` refers to, we have to use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `i` before we can add 1 to it, as covered in ["Dereferencing a Pointer Accesses Its Data"][deref].

We can also iterate over mutable references to each element in a mutable vector
in order to make changes to all the elements. The `for` loop in Listing 8-8
Expand All @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ will add `50` to each element.

</Listing>

To change the value that the mutable reference refers to, we again use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `n_ref` before we can use the `+=` operator.
To change the value that the mutable reference refers to, we again use the `*` dereference operator to get to the value in `i` before we can use the `+=` operator.
<!-- END INTERVENTION -->

{{#quiz ../quizzes/ch08-01-vec-sec1.toml}}
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