diff --git a/examples/advancedsnippet.txt b/examples/advancedsnippet.txt
index fe735e1..a8c3b89 100644
--- a/examples/advancedsnippet.txt
+++ b/examples/advancedsnippet.txt
@@ -116,4 +116,20 @@ Array iterators
 
 {{#def.block1:{a:1, b:2} || ''}}
 
+{{##def.testFunctionWithParam = function(str) {
+		return "My name is: " + str;
+	}
+#}}
+
+{{##def.mytestparam: {{=it.name}} #}}
+{{#def.testFunctionWithParam(def.mytestparam)}}
+
+{{#def.testFunctionWithParam("\{\{=it.name\}\}")}}
+
+{{##def.testParamDef:myparam:
+My name is: {{=myparam}}
+#}}
+
+{{#def.testParamDef:it.name}}
+
 The end
diff --git a/examples/withdoT.js b/examples/withdoT.js
index 5eea573..0ee47ba 100644
--- a/examples/withdoT.js
+++ b/examples/withdoT.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function() {
 	var doT = require('../doT.js'),
 		fs = require('fs'),
-		data = { f1: 1, f2: 2, f3: 3, altEmail: "conditional works", farray:[{farray:[1,2,3,[11,22,33]],person:{name:'Ell',age:23}},{farray:{how:'really'}}, {farray:[5,6,7,8]}]},
+		data = { name: "Foo", f1: 1, f2: 2, f3: 3, altEmail: "conditional works", farray:[{farray:[1,2,3,[11,22,33]],person:{name:'Ell',age:23}},{farray:{how:'really'}}, {farray:[5,6,7,8]}]},
 		defs = { a: 100, b: 200};
 
 	defs.loadfile = function(path) {