diff --git a/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts b/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
index 8656d2db..5f18f0af 100644
--- a/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
+++ b/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@ export class GildedRose {
         var maxQuality = 50;
         var minQuality = 0;
         var conjured = 'Conjured';
+        var hand = 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros';
+        var cheese = 'Aged Brie';
+        var pass = 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert';
+
         for (let i = 0; i < this.items.length; i++) {
-            if (this.items[i].name != 'Aged Brie' && this.items[i].name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert' 
-            && this.items[i].name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros' && this.items[i].quality >minQuality) {
+            if (this.items[i].name != cheese && this.items[i].name != pass 
+            && this.items[i].name != hand && this.items[i].quality > minQuality) {
                     this.items[i].quality -=1;
             } else {
                 if (this.items[i].quality < maxQuality) {
                     this.items[i].quality += 1;
-                    if (this.items[i].name == 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+                    if (this.items[i].name == pass) {
                         if (this.items[i].sellIn <= 10 && this.items[i].sellIn > 5) {
                             // quality goes up by 2 when days are 10 or less
                             if (this.items[i].quality < maxQuality) {
@@ -47,16 +51,16 @@ export class GildedRose {
                 }
             }
             // checking for legendary to subtract sell by date 
-            if (this.items[i].name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
+            if (this.items[i].name != hand) {
                 this.items[i].sellIn -= 1;
             }
             
             if (this.items[i].sellIn < 0) {
-                if (this.items[i].name != 'Aged Brie') {
-                    if (this.items[i].name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+                if (this.items[i].name != cheese) {
+                    if (this.items[i].name != pass) {
                         if (this.items[i].quality > minQuality) {
                             // move this if above line 57 if 
-                            if (this.items[i].name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
+                            if (this.items[i].name != hand) {
                                 this.items[i].quality -= 1;
                             }
                         }                        
@@ -65,14 +69,15 @@ export class GildedRose {
                         this.items[i].quality = 0;
                     }
                     //  aged brie increases in quality here
-                } else if (this.items[i].name == 'Aged Brie') {
+                } else if (this.items[i].name == cheese) {
                     if (this.items[i].quality < maxQuality) {
                         this.items[i].quality += 1;
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        
         return this.items;
     }
-}
+
+}// end class
+