diff --git a/examples/mliap/in.mliap.snap.compute b/examples/mliap/in.mliap.snap.compute
index 4cfccedbdf..c49365f55f 100644
--- a/examples/mliap/in.mliap.snap.compute
+++ b/examples/mliap/in.mliap.snap.compute
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ compute         bsum2 snapgroup2 reduce sum c_b[*]
 # fix 		bsum2 all ave/time 1 1 1 c_bsum2 file bsum2.dat mode vector
 compute		vbsum all reduce sum c_vb[*]
 # fix 		vbsum all ave/time 1 1 1 c_vbsum file vbsum.dat mode vector
-variable	db_2_25 equal c_db[2][25]
+variable	db_2_25 equal C_db[2][25]
 
 thermo 		100
 
diff --git a/examples/snap/in.grid.snap b/examples/snap/in.grid.snap
index 08c95a004f..d37b6ffde4 100644
--- a/examples/snap/in.grid.snap
+++ b/examples/snap/in.grid.snap
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ compute 	mygridlocal all sna/grid/local grid ${ngrid} ${ngrid} ${ngrid} &
 
 # define output
 
-variable	B5atom equal c_b[2][5]
+variable	B5atom equal C_b[2][5]
 variable	B5grid equal c_mygrid[8][8]
 
 variable	rmse_global equal "sqrt(   &
diff --git a/examples/snap/in.grid.tri b/examples/snap/in.grid.tri
index 5283957eb8..b34c9dba30 100644
--- a/examples/snap/in.grid.tri
+++ b/examples/snap/in.grid.tri
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ compute 	mygridlocal all sna/grid/local grid ${ngridx} ${ngridy} ${ngridz} &
 
 # define output
 
-variable	B5atom equal c_b[7][5]
+variable	B5atom equal C_b[7][5]
 variable	B5grid equal c_mygrid[13][8]
 
 # do not compare x,y,z because assignment of ids