diff --git a/src/string/burrows_wheeler_transform.rs b/src/string/burrows_wheeler_transform.rs
index e89e8611166..656fd2a1098 100644
--- a/src/string/burrows_wheeler_transform.rs
+++ b/src/string/burrows_wheeler_transform.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,35 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    fn basic() {
+    //Ensure function stand-alone legitimacy
+    fn stand_alone_function() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            burrows_wheeler_transform("CARROT".to_string()),
+            ("CTRRAO".to_string(), 1usize)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            inv_burrows_wheeler_transform(("CTRRAO".to_string(), 1usize)),
+            ("CARROT".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            burrows_wheeler_transform("THEALGORITHMS".to_string()),
+            ("EHLTTRAHGOMSI".to_string(), 11usize)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            inv_burrows_wheeler_transform(("EHLTTRAHGOMSI".to_string(), 11usize)),
+            ("THEALGORITHMS".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            burrows_wheeler_transform("!.!.!??.=::".to_string()),
+            (":..!!?:=.?!".to_string(), 0usize)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            inv_burrows_wheeler_transform((":..!!?:=.?!".to_string(), 0usize)),
+            "!.!.!??.=::"
+        );
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn basic_characters() {
         assert_eq!(
             inv_burrows_wheeler_transform(burrows_wheeler_transform("CARROT".to_string())),
             "CARROT"
diff --git a/src/string/run_length_encoding.rs b/src/string/run_length_encoding.rs
index e42e5810c32..631444616de 100644
--- a/src/string/run_length_encoding.rs
+++ b/src/string/run_length_encoding.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn run_length_decoding(target: String) -> String {
     }
 
     let mut character_count: String = String::new();
-    let mut encoded_target = String::new();
+    let mut decoded_target = String::new();
 
     for c in target.as_str().chars() {
         character_count.push(c);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn run_length_decoding(target: String) -> String {
 
         if !is_numeric {
             let pop_char: char = character_count.pop().unwrap();
-            encoded_target.push_str(
+            decoded_target.push_str(
                 &pop_char
                     .to_string()
                     .repeat(character_count.parse().unwrap()),
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn run_length_decoding(target: String) -> String {
         }
     }
 
-    encoded_target
+    decoded_target
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]