diff --git a/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_2_control.sp b/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_2_control.sp
index 9b9f36063..cf00103dc 100644
--- a/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_2_control.sp
+++ b/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_2_control.sp
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     * without the reset switch there is some strange drift
     * towards lower and lower frequencies
     reset
-    set run ="$&run"              $ create a variable from the vector
-    set rndseed = $run            $ set the rnd seed value to the loop index
+    set run = $&run              $ create a variable from the vector
+    setseed $run            $ set the rnd seed value to the loop index
     source MC_2_circ.sp           $ load the circuit, including model data
     tran 15p 200n 0
     write mc_ring{$run}.out buf   $ write each sim output to its own rawfile
diff --git a/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_ring_ts.sp b/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_ring_ts.sp
index 0b24dc55f..ea90214eb 100644
--- a/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_ring_ts.sp
+++ b/examples/Monte_Carlo/MC_ring_ts.sp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ begin
   let halfffts = unitvec(mc_runsp)$ vector for storing measure results at -40dB rising
   unlet mc_runsp
 
-  set mc_runs ="$&mc_runs"        $ create a variable from the vector
+  set mc_runs = $&mc_runs         $ create a variable from the vector
   let seeds = mc_runs + 2
-  set rndseed = "$&seeds"
+  setseed $&seeds
   unlet seeds
 
   echo source the input file
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ begin
 
   dowhile run <= mc_runs
 
-    set run ="$&run"              $ create a variable from the vector
+    set run = $&run               $ create a variable from the vector
 
     * run=0 simulates with nominal parameters
     if run > 0
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ begin
       echo * * * * * *
       echo Source the circuit again internally for run no. $run
       echo * * * * * *
-      set rndseed = $run
+      setseed $run
       mc_source  $ re-source the input file
     else
       echo run no. $run
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ else
   * put data into the correct bins
   let run = 0
   dowhile run < mc_runs
-    set run = "$&run"             $ create a variable from the vector
+    set run = $&run              $ create a variable from the vector
     let val = maxffts[{$run}]
     let part = 0
     * Check if val fits into a bin. If yes, raise bin by 1
diff --git a/examples/Monte_Carlo/mc_ring_lib_complete.cir b/examples/Monte_Carlo/mc_ring_lib_complete.cir
index ca56832a9..b01fc5eb7 100644
--- a/examples/Monte_Carlo/mc_ring_lib_complete.cir
+++ b/examples/Monte_Carlo/mc_ring_lib_complete.cir
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ cout  buf ss 0.2pF
   let halfffts = unitvec(mc_runsp)$ vector for storing measure results at -40dB rising
   unlet mc_runsp
 
-  set mc_runs ="$&mc_runs"        $ create a variable from the vector
+  set mc_runs = $&mc_runs        $ create a variable from the vector
   let seeds = mc_runs + 2
-  set rndseed = "$&seeds"
+  setseed $&seeds
   unlet seeds
 
   save buf                        $ we just need buf, save memory by more than 10x
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ cout  buf ss 0.2pF
 
   dowhile run <= mc_runs
 
-    set run ="$&run"              $ create a variable from the vector
+    set run = $&run              $ create a variable from the vector
 
     * run=0 simulates with nominal parameters
     if run > 0
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ cout  buf ss 0.2pF
       echo * * * * * *
       echo Source the circuit again internally for run no. $run
       echo * * * * * *
-      set rndseed = $run
+      setseed $run
       mc_source  $ re-source the input file
     else
       echo run no. $run
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ else
   * put data into the correct bins
   let run = 0
   dowhile run < mc_runs
-    set run = "$&run"             $ create a variable from the vector
+    set run = $&run             $ create a variable from the vector
     let val = maxffts[{$run}]
     let part = 0
     * Check if val fits into a bin. If yes, raise bin by 1