--- a/examples/embedded.cc
+++ b/examples/embedded.cc
@@ -13,30 +13,21 @@
   octave_main (2, argv.c_str_vec(), 1);
 
   octave_idx_type n = 2;
-  Matrix a_matrix = Matrix (1, 2);
+  octave_value_list in;
 
-  std::cout << "GCD of [";
-  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < n; i++)
-    {
-      a_matrix (i) = 5 * (i + 1);
-      if (i != 0)
-        std::cout << ", " << 5 * (i + 2);
-      else
-        std::cout << 5 * (i + 2);
-    }
-  std::cout << "] is ";
-
-  octave_value_list in = octave_value (a_matrix);
+  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < n; i++)  
+    in(i) = octave_value (5 * (i + 1));
+  
   octave_value_list out = feval ("gcd", in, 1);
 
+  
   if (!error_state && out.length () > 0)
-    {
-      a_matrix = out(0).matrix_value ();
-      if (a_matrix.numel () == 1)
-        std::cout << a_matrix(0) << "\n";
-      else
-        std::cout << "invalid\n";
-    }
+    std::cout << "GCD of [" 
+              << in(0).int_value () 
+              << ", " 
+              << in(1).int_value ()
+              << "] is " << out(0).int_value () 
+              << std::endl;
   else
     std::cout << "invalid\n";