@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 public class ListCompression extends Chromosome<ListCompression> {
 
+private static final List<String> ORIGINAL_LIST = List.of("Michael", "Sarah", "Joshua", "Narine",
+"David", "Sajid", "Melanie", "Daniel", "Wei", "Dean", "Brian", "Murat", "Lisa");
 private List<String> myList;
 private Random random;
 
@@ -36,8 +38,7 @@ public ListCompression(List<String> list) {
 }
 
 public static ListCompression randomInstance() {
-ArrayList<String> tempList = new ArrayList<>(List.of("Michael", "Sarah", "Joshua", "Narine", "David", "Sajid",
-"Melanie", "Daniel", "Wei", "Dean", "Brian", "Murat", "Lisa"));
+ArrayList<String> tempList = new ArrayList<>(ORIGINAL_LIST);
 Collections.shuffle(tempList);
 return new ListCompression(tempList);
 }
@@ -96,9 +97,7 @@ public String toString() {
 }
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {
-ListCompression originalOrder = new ListCompression(
-List.of("Michael", "Sarah", "Joshua", "Narine", "David", "Sajid",
-"Melanie", "Daniel", "Wei", "Dean", "Brian", "Murat", "Lisa"));
+ListCompression originalOrder = new ListCompression(ORIGINAL_LIST);
 System.out.println(originalOrder);
 ArrayList<ListCompression> initialPopulation = new ArrayList<>();
 final int POPULATION_SIZE = 100;