diff --git a/examples/iter.rs b/examples/iter.rs
index ac66220..74072aa 100644
--- a/examples/iter.rs
+++ b/examples/iter.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ extern crate lua_patterns as lp;
 
 fn main() {
 
-    let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("hello%");
-    m.matches("hello");
-    println!("ok");
+    //~ let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("hello%");
+    //~ m.matches("hello");
+    //~ println!("ok");
 
     ///*
     let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("(%a+)");
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ fn main() {
     assert_eq!(iter.next(), Some("three"));
     assert_eq!(iter.next(), None);
 
-    let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("(%a+)");
-    let split: Vec<_> = m.gmatch("dog cat leopard wolf").collect();
+    let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("%S+");
+    let split: Vec<_> = m.gmatch("dog  cat leopard wolf").collect();
     assert_eq!(split,&["dog","cat","leopard","wolf"]);
 
     let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("(%S+)%s*=%s*(.+)");
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ fn main() {
         |cc| cc.get(1).to_uppercase()
     );
     assert_eq!(res,"hello DOLLY you're so FINE");
-    //*/
 
+    let mut m = lp::LuaPattern::new("(%S+)%s*=%s*([^;]+);");
+    let res = m.gsub("alpha=bonzo; beta=felix;",
+        |cc| format!("{}:'{}',", cc.get(1), cc.get(2))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(res, "alpha:'bonzo', beta:'felix',");
 
 
 
diff --git a/examples/range.rs b/examples/range.rs
index f1a4d35..6134d42 100644
--- a/examples/range.rs
+++ b/examples/range.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,18 @@ fn main() {
     assert!(m.matches(text));
     assert_eq!(m.capture(1),1..6);
     assert_eq!(m.capture(0),1..10);
+
+    let v = m.captures(text);
+    assert_eq!(v, &["hello one","hello"]);
+
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    assert!(m.capture_into(text,&mut v));
+    assert_eq!(v, &["hello one","hello"]);
+
+    let patt = &[0xDE,0x00,b'+',0xBE];
+    let bytes = &[0xFF,0xEE,0x0,0xDE,0x0,0x0,0xBE,0x0,0x0];
+
+    let mut m = LuaPattern::from_bytes(patt);
+    assert!(m.matches_bytes(bytes));
+    assert_eq!(&bytes[m.capture(0)], &[0xDE,0x00,0x00,0xBE]);
 }
diff --git a/examples/strings.rs b/examples/strings.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5de9f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/strings.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+extern crate lua_patterns;
+use lua_patterns::LuaPattern;
+
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+
+fn main() {
+    let file = env::args().skip(1).next().expect("provide a binary file");
+    let mut f = File::open(&file).expect("can't open file");
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    f.read_to_end(&mut buf).expect("can't read file");
+
+    let mut words = LuaPattern::new("%a%a+");
+    for w in words.gmatch_bytes(&buf) {
+        println!("{}",std::str::from_utf8(w).unwrap());
+    }
+
+}