diff --git a/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_select.cpp b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_select.cpp
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+++ b/doc/snippets/MatrixBase_select.cpp
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+MatrixXi m(3, 3);
+m << 1, 2, 3, 
+     4, 5, 6, 
+     7, 8, 9;
+m = (m.cwise() >= 5).select(-m, m);
+cout << m << endl;