diff --git a/examples/bare3.rs b/examples/bare3.rs
index b5a84fe4e0fae14c672d683428d3afea6d04b1f0..cfda391df6f14e95a6cfb2309b7420888c6115be 100644
--- a/examples/bare3.rs
+++ b/examples/bare3.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ fn main() {
         ip!("{},", bs[i]);
     }
 
+    a.clone_from_slice(bs);
     ipln!();
     ipln!("a = {}", str::from_utf8(&a).unwrap());
     loop {}