diff --git a/examples/dot_product/dot_product.cpp b/examples/dot_product/dot_product.cpp
index 8337bbea..339c89ca 100644
--- a/examples/dot_product/dot_product.cpp
+++ b/examples/dot_product/dot_product.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ T dot_product(
   T result = 0;
   for(int i = 0; i < a.extent(0); ++i) {
     for(int j = 0; j < a.extent(1); ++j) {
+#ifdef MDSPAN_USE_BRACKET_OPERATOR
+      result += a[i, j] * b[i, j];
+#else
       result += a(i, j) * b(i, j);
+#endif
     }
   }
   return result;
@@ -78,7 +82,11 @@ void fill_in_order(
   T count = 0;
   for(int i = 0; i < a.extent(0); ++i) {
     for(int j = 0; j < a.extent(1); ++j) {
+#ifdef MDSPAN_USE_BRACKET_OPERATOR
+      a[i, j] = count++;
+#else
       a(i, j) = count++;
+#endif
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/tiled_layout/simple_tiled_layout.cpp b/examples/tiled_layout/simple_tiled_layout.cpp
index 3db34c62..e309ed51 100644
--- a/examples/tiled_layout/simple_tiled_layout.cpp
+++ b/examples/tiled_layout/simple_tiled_layout.cpp
@@ -186,13 +186,23 @@ int main() {
   int failures = 0;
   for (int irow = 0; irow < n_rows; ++irow) {
     for (int icol = 0; icol < n_cols; ++icol) {
+#ifdef MDSPAN_USE_BRACKET_OPERATOR
+      if(tiled[irow, icol] != row_major[irow, icol]) {
+        std::cout << "Mismatch for entry " << irow << ", " << icol << ":" << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "  tiled(" << irow << ", " << icol << ") = "
+                  << tiled[irow, icol] << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "  row_major(" << irow << ", " << icol << ") = "
+                  << row_major[irow, icol] << std::endl;
+#else
       if(tiled(irow, icol) != row_major(irow, icol)) {
         std::cout << "Mismatch for entry " << irow << ", " << icol << ":" << std::endl;
         std::cout << "  tiled(" << irow << ", " << icol << ") = "
                   << tiled(irow, icol) << std::endl;
         std::cout << "  row_major(" << irow << ", " << icol << ") = "
                   << row_major(irow, icol) << std::endl;
+#endif
         ++failures;
+
       }
 
     }