diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c2d0b0..2730c76 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ set(FORT_HAVE_UTF8 "${FORT_ENABLE_UTF8}" CACHE STRING "fort option")
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
-add_subdirectory(example)
+add_subdirectory(examples)
 
 
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diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
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rename to examples/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/example/beautiful_table.c b/examples/beautiful_table.c
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rename to examples/beautiful_table.c
diff --git a/example/complex_layout.c b/examples/complex_layout.c
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rename to examples/complex_layout.c
diff --git a/example/custom_border_style.c b/examples/custom_border_style.c
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rename from example/custom_border_style.c
rename to examples/custom_border_style.c
diff --git a/example/custom_table.c b/examples/custom_table.c
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rename to examples/custom_table.c
diff --git a/example/fill_table.c b/examples/fill_table.c
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rename to examples/fill_table.c
diff --git a/example/main.cpp b/examples/main.cpp
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rename to examples/main.cpp
diff --git a/example/math_table.c b/examples/math_table.c
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rename to examples/math_table.c
diff --git a/example/non_ascii_table.c b/examples/non_ascii_table.c
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rename to examples/non_ascii_table.c
diff --git a/example/print_styles.c b/examples/print_styles.c
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rename to examples/print_styles.c
diff --git a/example/simple_table.c b/examples/simple_table.c
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rename to examples/simple_table.c