diff --git a/container.rkt b/container.rkt
index ad5ef8b..8f8ce33 100644
--- a/container.rkt
+++ b/container.rkt
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@
     [(list? container) (member item container)] ; returns #f or sublist beginning with item
     [(vector? container) (member item (vector->list container))] ; returns #f or sublist beginning with item
     [(hash? container) (and (hash-has-key? container item) (get container item))] ; returns #f or hash value
-    [(string? container) (and (string? item) (regexp-match (->string item) (->string container)))] ; returns #f or substring beginning with item
-    [(symbol? container) (and (symbol? item) ((->string item) . in? . (->string container)))] ; returns #f or subsymbol (?!) beginning with item
+    [(string? container) (regexp-match (->string item) (->string container))] ; returns #f or substring beginning with item
+    [(symbol? container) ((->string item) . in? . (->string container))] ; returns #f or subsymbol (?!) beginning with item
     [else #f]))
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diff --git a/debug.rkt b/debug.rkt
index 4458c88..5696849 100644
--- a/debug.rkt
+++ b/debug.rkt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 (define-syntax-rule (report var)
   (begin 
-    (displayln (format "~a = ~a" 'var var) (current-error-port)) 
+    (displayln (format "~a = ~v" 'var var) (current-error-port)) 
     var))
 
 (require (prefix-in williams: describe))