http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/matrix_help_message.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/matrix_help_message.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/matrix_help_message.py_in
index 053fd75..62b2535 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/matrix_help_message.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/matrix_help_message.py_in
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The column names in {} are set using the options provided in 
'out_args'.
 
 
 def _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, function_name, functionality_str,
-                      usage_str, example_str, **kwargs):
+                      usage_str, **kwargs):
     format_dict = dict(locals().items() + globals().items())
     if not message:
         help_string = """
@@ -58,15 +58,11 @@ Functionality: {functionality_str}
 
 For more details on the function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.{function_name}('usage');
-For an example on using this function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.{function_name}('example');
 For more details on the two input formats (dense or sparse):
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_info();
         """
     elif message.lower().strip() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = usage_str
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = example_str
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.{function_name}('usage')"
     return help_string.format(**format_dict)
@@ -82,7 +78,14 @@ def matrix_info_help_message(schema_madlib, message, 
**kwargs):
     Returns:
         STR.
     """
-    dense_format = """
+    message = message.lower()
+    if not message:
+        help_string = """
+            Run "SELECT matrix_info('dense');" or "SELECT 
matrix_info('sparse');"
+            for examples of the specific data format.
+        """
+    elif message == 'dense':
+        help_string = """
 A dense matrix is represented as a distributed collection of 1-D arrays.
 An example 3x10 matrix would be the below table:
 
@@ -95,7 +98,8 @@ An example 3x10 matrix would be the below table:
 The column names above can be user-defined - the matrix functions provide 
options
 to input these column names. The default names expected are 'row_num' and 
'val'.
 """
-    sparse_format = """
+    elif message == 'sparse':
+        help_string = """
 A sparse matrix is represented using the row and column indices for each
 non-zero entry of the matrix. This representation is useful for sparse 
matrices,
 containing multiple zero elements. Given below is an example of a sparse 4x7 
matrix
@@ -121,89 +125,6 @@ The column names above can be user-defined - the matrix 
functions provide option
 to input these column names. The default names expected are 'row_num', 
'col_num'
 and 'val'.
     """
-    message = message.lower()
-    if not message:
-        help_string = dense_format + sparse_format + """
-            Run "SELECT matrix_info('dense');" or "SELECT 
matrix_info('sparse');"
-            for examples of the specific data format.
-        """
-    elif message == 'dense':
-        help_string = dense_format + """
-
--- Example to create dense matices
--- These matrices are used in all the matrix operation help message examples.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "matrix_A";
-CREATE TABLE "matrix_A" (
-    row_id integer,
-    row_vec integer[]
-);
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (1, 
'{{9,6,5,8,5,6,6,3,10,8}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (2, 
'{{8,2,2,6,6,10,2,1,9,9}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (3, '{{3,9,9,9,8,6,3,9,5,6}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (4, '{{6,4,2,2,2,7,8,8,0,7}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (5, '{{6,8,9,9,4,6,9,5,7,7}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (6, 
'{{4,10,7,3,9,5,9,2,3,4}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (7, 
'{{8,10,7,10,1,9,7,9,8,7}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (8, '{{7,4,5,6,2,8,1,1,4,8}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (9, '{{8,8,8,5,2,6,9,1,8,3}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_A" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (10, 
'{{4,6,3,2,6,4,1,2,3,8}}');
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "matrix_B";
-CREATE TABLE "matrix_B" (
-    row_id integer,
-    row_vec integer[]
-);
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (1, 
'{{9,10,2,4,6,5,3,7,5,6}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (2, '{{5,3,5,2,8,6,9,7,7,6}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (3, 
'{{0,1,2,3,2,7,7,3,10,1}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (4, '{{2,9,0,4,3,6,8,6,3,4}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (5, 
'{{3,8,7,7,0,5,3,9,2,10}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (6, '{{5,3,1,7,6,3,5,3,6,4}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (7, 
'{{4,8,4,4,2,7,10,0,3,3}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (8, '{{4,6,0,1,3,1,6,6,9,8}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (9, 
'{{6,5,1,7,2,7,10,6,0,6}}');
-INSERT INTO "matrix_B" (row_id, row_vec) VALUES (10, 
'{{1,4,4,4,8,5,2,8,5,5}}');
-"""
-    elif message == 'sparse':
-        # TODO
-        help_string = sparse_format + """
-        -- Example data for sparse matrices
-CREATE TABLE "mat_A_sparse"(
-    "rowNum" integer,
-    col_num integer,
-    entry integer
-);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (1, 1, 9);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (1, 2, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (1, 8, 3);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (1, 9, 10);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (1, 10, 8);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 1, 8);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 2, 2);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 3, 2);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 4, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 6, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (2, 7, 3);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (8, 1, 7);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (9, 3, 8);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (9, 4, 5);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (10, 2, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_A_sparse" ("rowNum", col_num, entry) VALUES (10, 3, 3);
-
-CREATE TABLE "mat_B_sparse"(
-    row_id integer,
-    col_id integer,
-    val integer
-);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (1, 1, 9);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (1, 8, 3);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (2, 2, 2);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (2, 3, 2);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (2, 4, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (10, 2, 6);
-INSERT INTO "mat_B_sparse" (row_id, col_id, val) VALUES (10, 3, 3);
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.matrix_add('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
@@ -229,22 +150,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_identity(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example returns an identity matrix of size 4 x 4
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_identity(4, 'mat_r', 'row=row_id, val=val, fmt=dense');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_identity(4, 'mat_r', 'row=row,col=col,val=val, 
fmt=sparse');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row;
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_identity",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -267,24 +174,9 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_diag(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example creates a diagonal matrix. The output by default is a sparse
--- matrix. A dense matrix can be obtained by using 'fmt=dense'
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_diag(array[1.0, 2.5, 3.4, 10, 6.8],
-                          'matrix_r', 'row=row_id, val=val, fmt=dense');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY row_id;
 
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_diag(array[1.0, 2.5, 3.4, 10, 6.8], 'matrix_r', 
'row=row_id, col=col_id,val=val');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY row_id;
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_diag",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -309,22 +201,9 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_extract_diag(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is an array containing the main diagonal.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example extracts the main diagonal. The function call is the same
--- for dense and sparse matrices.
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense input format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_diag('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec');
 
------------------------ Sparse input format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_diag('"mat_B_sparse"', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=val');
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_extract_diag",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -352,27 +231,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_add(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes A + B
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_add('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                         '"matrix_B"', 'row=row_id, val=vector',
-                         'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_add('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                         '"mat_B_sparse"', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=vector',
-                         'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_add",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -395,23 +255,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_zeros(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example returns a matrix initialized with all zeros. The default 
output
--- format is sparse.
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_zeros(5, 4, 'matrix_r_dense', 'row=row_id, val=val, 
fmt=dense');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r_dense ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_zeros(5, 4, 'matrix_r_sparse', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=val');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r_sparse ORDER BY row_id;
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_zeros",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -434,23 +279,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_ones(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
     """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example returns a matrix initialized with all ones. The default
--- output format is sparse.
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_ones(5, 4, 'matrix_r_dense', 'row=row_id, val=val, 
fmt=dense');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r_dense ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_ones(3, 2, 'matrix_r_sparse', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=val');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r_sparse ORDER BY row_id, col_id;
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_ones",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -478,27 +308,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_sub(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes A - B
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_sub('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                         '"matrix_B"', 'row=row_id, val=vector',
-                         'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_sub('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                         '"mat_B_sparse"', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=vector',
-                         'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_sub",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def matrix_ndims_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
@@ -515,8 +326,6 @@ This function provides dimension information of a matrix 
either in dense or spar
 
 For more details on the function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_ndims('usage');
-For an example on using this function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_ndims('example');
 For more details on the two input formats (dense or sparse):
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_info();
         """
@@ -555,25 +364,6 @@ If not provided, out_args uses same value as in_args.
 ------------------------------------------------------------
         An array with matrix_in dimension information in format of (number of 
rows,number of columns)
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes B'
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
--- Data for "matrix_B" can be obtained from
---      SELECT matrix_info('dense');
-
-SELECT madlib.matrix_ndims('"mat_B"', 'row=row_id, val=vector');
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
--- Data for "matrix_A_sparse" can be obtained from
---      SELECT matrix_info('sparse');
-
-SELECT madlib.matrix_ndims('"matrix_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", col=col_num, 
val=entry');
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.matrix_trans('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
@@ -604,27 +394,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_elem_mult(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes A .* B
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_elem_mult('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                         '"matrix_B"', 'row=row_id, val=vector',
-                         'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_elem_mult('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                               '"mat_B_sparse"', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=vector',
-                               'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_elem_mult",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -652,27 +423,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_mult(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes A * B
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_mult('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                         '"matrix_B"', 'row=row_id, val=vector',
-                         'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_mult('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                          '"mat_B_sparse"', 'row=row_id, col=col_id, 
val=vector',
-                          'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_mult",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -697,25 +449,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_trans(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes A'
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_trans('"matrix_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                           'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_trans('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                           'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_trans",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -738,20 +473,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_extract_row(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_row('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 0);
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_row('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
0);
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_extract_row",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -774,20 +497,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_extract_col(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_col('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 0);
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_extract_col('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
0);
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_extract_col",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -800,7 +511,7 @@ def _min_max_help_message(schema_madlib, message, suffix, 
**kwargs):
                         USAGE
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_{0}(
+SELECT {1}.matrix_{0}(
     'matrix_in',     -- Name of the table containing input matrix
     'in_args',       -- String argument containing matrix_in specific arguments
                      --    (see matrix arguments below for options)
@@ -820,23 +531,9 @@ The output table ('matrix_r' above) has the following 
columns
 
     '{0}'       -- Vector of ordered {0} values
     'index'     -- Vector of ordered corresponding indices of {0} values
-        """.format(suffix)
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 1, 'mat_r', 
true, true);
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 2, 'mat_r', 
true, true);
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 1, 
'mat_r', true, true);
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 2, 
'mat_r', true, true);
-        """.format(suffix)
+        """.format(suffix, schema_madlib)
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_" + suffix,
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 
 
 def matrix_max_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
@@ -848,21 +545,19 @@ def matrix_min_help_message(schema_madlib, message, 
**kwargs):
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def matrix_norm_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
-    """ Help message for Matrix norm 
+    """ Help message for Matrix norm
     """
     if not message:
         help_string = """
 ------------------------------------------------------------
                         SUMMARY
 ------------------------------------------------------------
-Functionality: Matrix norm 
+Functionality: Matrix norm
 
 This function computes matrix norm values either in dense or sparse format.
 
 For more details on the function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_norm('usage');
-For an example on using this function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_norm('example');
 For more details on the two input formats (dense or sparse):
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_info();
         """
@@ -904,27 +599,6 @@ These string arguments can be NULL if the default values 
are to be used.
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is a value which computes matrix norm.
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Below example computes matrix norm 
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
--- Data for "matrix_A" can be obtained from
---      SELECT matrix_info('dense');
-
-SELECT madlib.matrix_norm('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', '2');
-SELECT madlib.matrix_norm('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'inf');
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
--- Data for "matrix_A_sparse" can be obtained from
---      SELECT matrix_info('sparse');
-
-SELECT madlib.matrix_norm('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', '2');
-SELECT madlib.matrix_norm('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 'm');
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.matrix_norm('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
@@ -940,7 +614,7 @@ def _agg_help_message(schema_madlib, message, suffix, 
**kwargs):
                         USAGE
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_{0}(
+SELECT {1}.matrix_{0}(
     'matrix_in',     -- Name of the table containing input matrix
     'in_args',       -- String argument containing matrix_in specific arguments
                      --    (see matrix arguments below for options)
@@ -955,23 +629,9 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_{0}(
                         OUTPUT
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is a vector containing the {0} along given dimension.
-        """.format(suffix)
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 1);
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 2);
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 1);
-SELECT madlib.matrix_{0}('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 2);
-        """
+        """.format(suffix, schema_madlib)
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_" + suffix,
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1004,24 +664,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_scalar_mult(
 {matrix_arg_str}
 {output_str}
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_scalar_mult('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                                 10, 'mat_r', 'val=vector');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_scalar_mult('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                                 10, 'matrix_r_sparse', 'col=col_out');
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_scalar_mult",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1047,29 +691,13 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_vec_mult(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is an array representing the result of the vector multiplication.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_vec_mult('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec',
-                              array[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]::float8[]);
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_scalar_mult('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry',
-                                 array[1,2,3,4,5,6,7]::float8[]);
-SELECT * FROM matrix_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_vec_mult",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 def matrix_eigen_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
-    """ Help message for Matrix eigen values extraction 
+    """ Help message for Matrix eigen values extraction
     """
     functionality_str = "Extract eigen values of matrix"
     usage_str = """
@@ -1090,22 +718,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_eigen(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output are eigen values of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_eigen('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'mat_r');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_eigen('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
'mat_r');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_eigen",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1133,22 +747,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_pinv(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is generic inverse of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_pinv('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'mat_r');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_pinv('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
'mat_r');
-SELECT * FROM mat_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_pinv",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1174,26 +774,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_cholesky(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is cholesky decomposition of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_cholesky('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 
'mat_result');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_p ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_l ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_d ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_cholesky('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
'mat_result');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_p ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_l ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_d ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_cholesky",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1221,24 +803,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_qr(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is QR decomposition of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_qr('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'mat_result');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_q ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_r ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_qr('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 'mat_q', 
'mat_r');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_q ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_r ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_qr",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1266,28 +832,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_lu(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is LU decomposition of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_lu('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'mat_result');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_p ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_l ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_u ORDER BY row_id;
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_q ORDER BY row_id;
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_lu('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
'mat_result');
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_p ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_l ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_u ORDER BY "rowNum";
-SELECT * FROM mat_result_q ORDER BY "rowNum";
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_lu",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1312,20 +858,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_nuclear_norm(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is nuclear norm computing of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_nuclear_norm('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec');
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_nuclear_norm('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry');
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_nuclear_norm",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1350,20 +884,8 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_rank(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is rank computing of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
-
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_rank('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec');
-
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_rank('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry');
-        """
     return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_rank",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1391,20 +913,62 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_inverse(
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 The output is inverse of the matrix.
         """
-    example_str = """
+    return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_inverse",
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def matrix_sparsify_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
+    """ Help message for sparsifying a matrix
+    """
+    functionality_str = "Matrix sparsify"
+    usage_str = """
 ------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
+                        USAGE
 ------------------------------------------------------------
--- Use `matrix_info()' to get the data/table definitions for below matrices
 
------------------------ Dense format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_inverse('"mat_A"', 'row=row_id, val=row_vec', 'mat_r');
-SELECT row_vec FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
+SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_sparsify(
+    'matrix_in',     -- Name of the table containing input matrix
+    'in_args',       -- String argument containing matrix_in specific arguments
+                     --    (see matrix arguments below for options)
+    'matrix_out'    -- Name of the table to store result matrix
+    'out_args'      -- String argument containing matrix_out specific arguments
+                    --     (see matrix arguments below for options)
+);
 
------------------------ Sparse format --------------------------------
-SELECT madlib.matrix_inverse('"mat_A_sparse"', 'row="rowNum", val=entry', 
'mat_r');
-SELECT row_vec FROM mat_r ORDER BY row_id;
+{matrix_arg_str}
+------------------------------------------------------------
+                        OUTPUT
+------------------------------------------------------------
+The output is the sparse version of the matrix.
         """
-    return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_inverse",
-                             functionality_str, usage_str, example_str)
+    return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_sparsify",
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def matrix_densify_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
+    """ Help message for densifying a matrix
+    """
+    functionality_str = "Matrix densify"
+    usage_str = """
+------------------------------------------------------------
+                        USAGE
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_densify(
+    'matrix_in',     -- Name of the table containing input matrix
+    'in_args',       -- String argument containing matrix_in specific arguments
+                     --    (see matrix arguments below for options)
+    'matrix_out'    -- Name of the table to store result matrix
+    'out_args'      -- String argument containing matrix_out specific arguments
+                    --     (see matrix arguments below for options)
+);
+
+{matrix_arg_str}
+------------------------------------------------------------
+                        OUTPUT
+------------------------------------------------------------
+The output is the dense version of the matrix.
+        """
+    return _get_help_message(schema_madlib, message, "matrix_densify",
+                             functionality_str, usage_str)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/svd.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/svd.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/svd.py_in
index 1ad2ac9..3534479 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/svd.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linalg/svd.py_in
@@ -1244,49 +1244,6 @@ def svd_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
             recon_error         FLOAT8      -- Total quality score (i.e. 
approximation quality) for this set of
                                                 orthonormal basis
         """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-    elif message is not None and message.lower() in ('example', 'examples'):
-        return """
-            CREATE TABLE mat (
-                row_id integer,
-                row_vec double precision[]
-            );
-
-            -- example input data
-            COPY mat (row_id, row_vec) FROM stdin;
-            1   {{691,58,899,163,159,533,604,582,269,390}}
-            0   {{396,840,353,446,318,886,15,584,159,383}}
-            3   {{462,532,787,265,982,306,600,608,212,885}}
-            2   {{293,742,298,75,404,857,941,662,846,2}}
-            5   {{327,946,368,943,7,516,272,24,591,204}}
-            4   {{304,151,337,387,643,753,603,531,459,652}}
-            7   {{458,959,774,376,228,354,300,669,718,565}}
-            6   {{877,59,260,302,891,498,710,286,864,675}}
-            9   {{882,761,398,688,761,405,125,484,222,873}}
-            8   {{824,390,818,844,180,943,424,520,65,913}}
-            11  {{492,220,576,289,321,261,173,1,44,241}}
-            10  {{528,1,860,18,814,242,314,965,935,809}}
-            13  {{350,192,211,633,53,783,30,444,176,932}}
-            12  {{415,701,221,503,67,393,479,218,219,916}}
-            15  {{739,651,678,577,273,935,661,47,373,618}}
-            14  {{909,472,871,695,930,455,398,893,693,838}}
-            \.
-
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_u;
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_v;
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_s;
-            -- SVD for dense matrices
-            SELECT {schema_madlib}.svd('mat', 'svd', 'row_id', 10);
-            ----------------------------------------------------------------
-            DROP TABLE if exists mat_sparse;
-            SELECT {schema_madlib}.matrix_sparsify('mat', NULL, 'mat_sparse');
-
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_u;
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_v;
-            DROP TABLE if exists svd_s;
-            -- SVD for sparse matrices
-            SELECT {schema_madlib}.svd_sparse('mat_sparse', 'svd', 'row_id',
-                                              'col_id', 'value', 10);
-        """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
     else:
         return """
             In linear algebra, the singular value decomposition (SVD) is a
@@ -1295,9 +1252,6 @@ def svd_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
             -------
             For an overview on usage, run:
             SELECT {schema_madlib}.svd('usage');
-            -------
-            For an example, run:
-            SELECT {schema_madlib}.svd('example')
             """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/dense_linear_systems.py_in
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diff --git 
a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/dense_linear_systems.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/dense_linear_systems.py_in
index 7e5b55a..4d8da94 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/dense_linear_systems.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/dense_linear_systems.py_in
@@ -155,21 +155,6 @@ def linear_solver_dense_help(schema_madlib, 
input_string=None, **kwargs):
         residual_norm     DOUBLE PRECISION,   -- Norm of the residual
         iters             INTEGER             -- Iterations of the algorithm
 
-
-        ----------------------------------------------------------------
-                                Examples
-        ----------------------------------------------------------------
-        SELECT {schema_madlib}.linear_solver_dense(
-            'tbl_input',      -- Input table which contains the matrix
-            'tbl_result',     -- Output table where the results are stored
-            'row_id',         -- Column name containing the row_id (zero base)
-            'LHS',            -- Column name containing the LHS
-            'RHS',            -- Column name containing the RHS
-             NULL,            -- Grouping columns
-             'direct',        -- Classification of method used (direct)
-             'algorithm = householderqr'  -- Optional parameters
-        );
-
         ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Summary
         ----------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/sparse_linear_systems.py_in
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diff --git 
a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/sparse_linear_systems.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/sparse_linear_systems.py_in
index 95514c7..2145009 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/sparse_linear_systems.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/linear_systems/sparse_linear_systems.py_in
@@ -210,25 +210,6 @@ def linear_solver_sparse_help(schema_madlib, input_string 
= None, **kwargs):
         residual_norm     DOUBLE PRECISION,   -- Norm of the residual
         iters             INTEGER             -- Iterations of the algorithm
 
-
-        ----------------------------------------------------------------
-                                Examples
-        ----------------------------------------------------------------
-        SELECT {schema_madlib}.linear_solver_sparse(
-            'lhs_tbl_source',  -- Data table (A matrix)
-            'rhs_tbl_source',  -- Data table (b vector)
-            'tbl_result',      -- Result table
-            'lhs_row_id',      -- Name of column containing row_id
-            'lhs_col_id',      -- Name of column containing col_id
-            'lhs_value' ,      -- Name of column containing value
-            'rhs_row_id',      -- Name of column containing row_id
-            'rhs_value' ,      -- Name of column containing value
-            50 ,               -- Number of variables
-            'grouping_cols',   -- Grouping columns (default: NULL)
-            'direct',          -- Method used (direct vs iterative)
-            'algorithm = ldlt'  -- Optimizer optional parameters
-        );
-
         ----------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Summary
         ----------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca.py_in
index 5c71acc..286c57e 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca.py_in
@@ -783,62 +783,7 @@ The result summary table ("rslt_summary_table" above) has 
the following columns
                            specified in grouping_cols
         """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
     else:
-        if message is not None and \
-                message.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-            return """
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-                        Examples
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_sparse;
-CREATE TABLE mat_sparse (
-    row_id integer,
-    col_id integer,
-    value double precision
-);
-INSERT INTO mat_sparse VALUES
-(1, 1, 1.0),
-(2, 2, 2.0),
-(3, 3, 3.0),
-(4, 4, 4.0),
-(1, 5, 5.0),
-(2, 4, 6.0),
-(3, 2, 7.0),
-(4, 3, 8.0);
-\.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_sparse;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_sparse_mean;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_train('mat_sparse', 'result_table_sparse',
-'row_id', 'col_id', 'val_id', 4, 5, 3);
-
-SELECT * FROM result_table_sparse ORDER BY row_id;
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_sparse_group;
-CREATE TABLE mat_sparse_group (
-    row_id integer,
-    col_id integer,
-    value double precision,
-    matrix_id integer);
-INSERT INTO mat_sparse_group VALUES
-(1, 1, 1.0, 1),
-(2, 2, 2.0, 1),
-(3, 3, 3.0, 1),
-(4, 4, 4.0, 1),
-(1, 5, 5.0, 1),
-(2, 4, 6.0, 2),
-(3, 2, 7.0, 2),
-(4, 3, 8.0, 2);
-\.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_sparsed_grouped;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_sparsed_grouped_mean;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_train('mat_sparse_group', 
'result_table_sparsed_grouped',
-'row_id', 'col_id', 'val_id', 4, 5, 0.8, 'matrix_id');
-
-SELECT * FROM result_table_sparsed_grouped ORDER BY matrix_id, row_id;
-            """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-        else:
-            return """
+        return """
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
          Summary: Sparse PCA Training
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -928,62 +873,9 @@ The result summary table ("rslt_summary_table" above) has 
the following columns
     grouping_cols          -- The grouping columns (with their types), if any,
                               specified in grouping_cols
         """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
+
     else:
-        if message is not None and \
-                message.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-            return """
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-                        Examples
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat;
-CREATE TABLE mat (
-    id integer,
-    row_vec double precision[]
-);
-COPY mat (id, row_vec) FROM stdin DELIMITER '|';
-1|{{1,2,3}}
-2|{{2,1,2}}
-3|{{3,2,1}}
-\.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_mean;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_train( 'mat',
-          'result_table',
-          'id',
-          3
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM result_table ORDER BY row_id;
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_group;
-CREATE TABLE mat_group (
-    id integer,
-    row_vec double precision[],
-    matrix_id integer
-);
-INSERT INTO mat_group VALUES
-(1, '{{1,2,3}}', 1),
-(2, '{{2,1,2}}', 1),
-(3, '{{3,2,1}}', 1),
-(4, '{{1,2,3,4,5}}', 2),
-(5, '{{2,5,2,4,1}}', 2),
-(6, '{{5,4,3,2,1}}', 2);
-\.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_grp;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS result_table_grp_mean;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_train( 'mat_group',
-          'result_table_grp',
-          'row_id',
-          0.9,
-          'matrix_id'
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM result_table_grp ORDER BY matrix_id, row_id;
-            """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-        else:
-            return """
+        return """
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
          Summary: PCA Training
 ----------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca_project.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca_project.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca_project.py_in
index 62bf2b1..cc7a4ba 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca_project.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pca/pca_project.py_in
@@ -86,83 +86,9 @@ The output is divided into three tables (two of which are 
optional)
   grouping_col                                   -- The grouping columns 
present in the 'pc_table', if any
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
         """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-    else:
-        if usage_string is not None and \
-                usage_string.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-            return """
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-                        Examples
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--- Run pca_project() using a model table generated without grouping_cols.
--- Create input table for pca_project()
 
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_proj;
-CREATE TABLE mat_proj (
-    row_id integer,
-    row_vec double precision[]
-);
-COPY mat_proj (row_id, row_vec) FROM stdin DELIMITER '|';
-1|{{1,2,3}}
-2|{{2,1,2}}
-3|{{3,2,1}}
-11|{{1,2,3}}
-21|{{2,1,2}}
-31|{{3,2,1}}
-41|{{1,2,4}}
-12|{{1,3,3}}
-\.
-
--- NOTE: Use the 'result_table' created using the example shown in
--- {schema_madlib}.pca_train('examples'), as the 'pc_table' parameter here.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_proj_out;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_project(
-    'mat_proj',
-    'result_table',
-    'mat_proj_out',
-    'row_id'
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM mat_proj_out;
-
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- Run pca_project() using a model table generated with grouping_cols.
--- Create input table for pca_project(), with grouping
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_proj_grouped;
-CREATE TABLE mat_proj_grouped (
-    row_id integer,
-    row_vec double precision[],
-    matrix_id integer
-);
-COPY mat_proj_grouped (row_id, row_vec, matrix_id) FROM stdin DELIMITER '|';
-1|{{1,2,3}}|1
-2|{{2,1,2}}|1
-3|{{3,2,1}}|1
-4|{{1,2,3,4,5}}|2
-5|{{2,1,2,4,5}}|2
-6|{{3,2,1,4,5}}|2
-\.
-
--- NOTE: Use the 'result_table_grp' created using the example shown
--- in {schema_madlib}.pca_train('examples'), as the 'pc_table' parameter
--- here. 'result_table_grp' was created with 'matrix_id' as the
--- grouping column, and the table 'mat_proj_grouped' should also have the
--- 'matrix_id' column in it.
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mat_proj_grouped_out;
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_project(
-    'mat_proj_grouped',
-    'result_table_grp',
-    'mat_proj_grouped_out',
-    'row_id'
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM mat_proj_grouped_out;
-            """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-        else:
-            return """
+    else:
+        return """
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
          Summary: PCA Projection
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -238,88 +164,7 @@ The output is divided into three tables (two of which are 
optional)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
         """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
     else:
-        if usage_string is not None and \
-                usage_string.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-            return """
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-                        Examples
-----------------------------------------------------------------
--- Run pca_sparse_project() using a model table generated without 
grouping_cols.
--- Create input table for pca_sparse_project()
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sparse_proj_mat;
-CREATE TABLE sparse_proj_mat (
-    row_id integer,
-    col_id integer,
-    val_id integer
-);
-COPY sparse_proj_mat (row_id, col_id, val_id) FROM stdin delimiter '|';
-1|2|4
-1|5|6
-3|8|4
-8|1|2
-8|7|2
-9|3|4
-9|8|2
-\.
-
--- NOTE: Use the 'result_table_sparse' created using the example shown in
--- {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_train('examples'), as the 'pc_table' parameter 
here.
-
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_project(
-    'sparse_proj_mat',
-    'result_table_sparse',
-    'sparse_proj_mat_out',
-    'row_id',
-    'col_id',
-    'val_id',
-    10,
-    10
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM sparse_proj_mat_out;
-
-
--- Run pca_sparse_project() using a model table generated with grouping_cols.
--- Create input table for pca_sparse_project(), with grouping
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping;
-CREATE TABLE sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping (
-    row_id integer,
-    col_id integer,
-    val_id integer,
-    matrix_id integer
-);
-COPY sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping (row_id, col_id, val_id, matrix_id) FROM 
stdin delimiter '|';
-8|7|2|1
-9|3|4|1
-9|8|2|1
-1|2|4|2
-1|5|6|2
-6|6|12|2
-\.
-
--- NOTE: Use the 'result_table_sparsed_grouped' created using the example shown
--- in {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_train('examples'), as the 'pc_table' parameter
--- here. 'result_table_sparsed_grouped' was created with 'matrix_id' as the
--- grouping column, and the table 'sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping' should also 
have
--- the 'matrix_id' column in it.
-
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.pca_sparse_project(
-    'sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping',
-    'result_table_sparsed_grouped',
-    'sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping_out',
-    'row_id',
-    'col_id',
-    'val_id',
-    10,
-    10
-    );
-
-SELECT * FROM sparse_proj_mat_with_grouping_out;
-            """.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
-        else:
-            return """
+        return """
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
          Summary: PCA Projection
 ----------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/pmml/table_to_pmml.py_in
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pmml/table_to_pmml.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pmml/table_to_pmml.py_in
index 5fae7b9..16d5125 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/pmml/table_to_pmml.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/pmml/table_to_pmml.py_in
@@ -82,44 +82,6 @@ SELECT {schema_madlib}.pmml(
                         OUTPUT
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 The output of this function is a standard PMML document.
-
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-                        OUTPUT
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Create data set
-CREATE TABLE patients( id integer NOT NULL,
-                       second_attack integer,
-                       treatment integer,
-                       trait_anxiety integer);
-INSERT INTO patients(id, second_attack, treatment, trait_anxiety) VALUES
-( 1, 1, 1, 70),
-( 3, 1, 1, 50),
-( 5, 1, 0, 40),
-( 7, 1, 0, 75),
-( 9, 1, 0, 70),
-(11, 0, 1, 65),
-(13, 0, 1, 45),
-(15, 0, 1, 40),
-(17, 0, 0, 55),
-(19, 0, 0, 50),
-( 2, 1, 1, 80),
-( 4, 1, 0, 60),
-( 6, 1, 0, 65),
-( 8, 1, 0, 80),
-(10, 1, 0, 60),
-(12, 0, 1, 50),
-(14, 0, 1, 35),
-(16, 0, 1, 50),
-(18, 0, 0, 45),
-(20, 0, 0, 60);
--- train the model
-SELECT madlib.logregr_train(
-        'patients',
-        'patients_logregr',
-        'second_attack',
-        'ARRAY[1, treatment, trait_anxiety]');
--- pmml export
-SELECT madlib.pmml('patients_logregr');
     """
 
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/decision_tree.py_in
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diff --git 
a/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/decision_tree.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/decision_tree.py_in
index f9a1ed9..26b0e1f 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/decision_tree.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/decision_tree.py_in
@@ -2413,8 +2413,6 @@ predict the value of a target variable based on several 
input variables.
 
 For more details on the function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.tree_train('usage');
-For an example on using this function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.tree_train('example');
         """
     elif message.lower().strip() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -2509,54 +2507,6 @@ The output summary table ('output_table_summary') has 
the following columns:
                                 (NULL if null_as_category = False)
 
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dummy_dt_con_src CASCADE;
-CREATE TABLE dummy_dt_con_src (
-    id  INTEGER,
-    cat INTEGER[],
-    con FLOAT8[],
-    y   FLOAT8
-);
-
-INSERT INTO dummy_dt_src VALUES
-(1, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[0], 0.5),
-(2, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[1], 0.5),
-(3, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[4], 0.5),
-(4, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[4], 0.5),
-(5, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[4], 0.5),
-(6, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[5], 0.1),
-(7, '{{0}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[6], 0.1),
-(8, '{{1}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[9], 0.1);
-(9, '{{1}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[9], 0.1);
-(10, '{{1}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[9], 0.1);
-(11, '{{1}}'::INTEGER[], ARRAY[9], 0.1);
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tree_out, tree_out_summary;
-SELECT madlib.tree_train(
-    'dummy_dt_src',
-    'tree_out',
-    'id',
-    'y',
-    'cat, con',
-    '',
-    'mse',
-    NULL::Text,
-    NULL::Text,
-    3,
-    2,
-    1,
-    5);
-
-SELECT madlib.tree_display('tree_out');
--- View the impurity importance value of each feature
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS var_imp_out;
-SELECT madlib.get_var_importance('tree_out', 'var_imp_out');
-SELECT * FROM var_imp_out;
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.tree_train('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
@@ -2613,21 +2563,6 @@ possible value of the response variable. The columns are 
labeled as
 'estimated_prob_<dep value>', where <dep value> represents for each value
 of the response.
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Assuming the example of tree_train() has been run
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.tree_predict(
-    'tree_out',
-    'dummy_dt_src',
-    'tree_predict_out',
-    'response'
-);
-
-SELECT * FROM tree_predict_out;
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.tree_predict('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/random_forest.py_in
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git 
a/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/random_forest.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/random_forest.py_in
index e10e2ec..fae91bd 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/random_forest.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/recursive_partitioning/random_forest.py_in
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ predict the value of a target variable based on several input 
variables.
 
 For more details on the function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.forest_train('usage');
-For an example on using this function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.forest_train('example');
         """
     elif message.lower().strip() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -184,57 +182,6 @@ it has the following columns:
                                 features. The order corresponds to the order 
of the
                                 variables as found in con_features in 
<model_table>_summary.
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                        EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dt_golf;
-CREATE TABLE dt_golf (
-    id integer NOT NULL,
-    "OUTLOOK" text,
-    temperature double precision,
-    humidity double precision,
-    windy text,
-    class text
-);
-
-INSERT INTO dt_golf (id,"OUTLOOK",temperature,humidity,windy,class) VALUES
-(1, 'sunny', 85, 85, 'false', 'Don''t Play'),
-(2, 'sunny', 80, 90, 'true', 'Don''t Play'),
-(3, 'overcast', 83, 78, 'false', 'Play'),
-(4, 'rain', 70, 96, 'false', 'Play'),
-(5, 'rain', 68, 80, 'false', 'Play'),
-(6, 'rain', 65, 70, 'true', 'Don''t Play'),
-(7, 'overcast', 64, 65, 'true', 'Play'),
-(8, 'sunny', 72, 95, 'false', 'Don''t Play'),
-(9, 'sunny', 69, 70, 'false', 'Play'),
-(10, 'rain', 75, 80, 'false', 'Play'),
-(11, 'sunny', 75, 70, 'true', 'Play'),
-(12, 'overcast', 72, 90, 'true', 'Play'),
-(13, 'overcast', 81, 75, 'false', 'Play'),
-(14, 'rain', 71, 80, 'true', 'Don''t Play');
-
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS train_output, train_output_group, train_output_summary;
-SELECT madlib.forest_train('dt_golf',         -- source table
-    'train_output',    -- output model table
-    'id',              -- id column
-    'class',           -- response
-    '"OUTLOOK", temperature, humidity, windy',   -- features
-    NULL,              -- exclude columns
-    NULL,              -- grouping columns
-    20::integer,       -- number of trees
-    2::integer,        -- number of random features
-    TRUE::boolean,     -- variable importance
-    1::integer,        -- num_permutations
-    8::integer,        -- max depth
-    3::integer,        -- min split
-    1::integer,        -- min bucket
-    10::integer        -- number of splits per continuous variable
-);
-SELECT madlib.get_tree('train_output',1,2,FALSE);
-
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.forest_train('usage')"
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)
@@ -1681,19 +1628,6 @@ of the response. This is only for the classification 
models, and the value
 is the fraction of votes in each category.
 
         """
-    elif message.lower().strip() in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-------------------------------------------------------------
-                            EXAMPLE
-------------------------------------------------------------
--- Assuming the example of forest_train has been run
-SELECT {schema_madlib}.forest_predict(
-    'forest_out',
-    'dummy_dt_src',
-    'forest_predict_out',
-    'response'
-);
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.forest_predict('usage')"
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/linear.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/linear.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/linear.py_in
index a81b78d..70fe78a 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/linear.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/linear.py_in
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ def linregr_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
 
         For more details on function usage:
             SELECT {schema_madlib}.linregr_train('usage')
-
-        For an example on using the function:
-            SELECT {schema_madlib}.linregr_train('example')
         """
     elif message in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -276,46 +273,6 @@ def linregr_help_message(schema_madlib, message, **kwargs):
             'num_rows_processed'        INTEGER,    -- total number of rows 
that are used
             'num_missing_rows_skipped'  INTEGER     -- total number of rows 
that are skipped because of NULL values
         """
-    elif message in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
-        CREATE TABLE houses (id INT, tax INT,
-                             bedroom INT, bath FLOAT,
-                             price INT, size INT, lot INT);
-        COPY houses FROM STDIN WITH DELIMITER '|';
-          1 |  590 |       2 |    1 |  50000 |  770 | 22100
-          2 | 1050 |       3 |    2 |  85000 | 1410 | 12000
-          3 |   20 |       3 |    1 |  22500 | 1060 |  3500
-          4 |  870 |       2 |    2 |  90000 | 1300 | 17500
-          5 | 1320 |       3 |    2 | 133000 | 1500 | 30000
-          6 | 1350 |       2 |    1 |  90500 |  820 | 25700
-          7 | 2790 |       3 |  2.5 | 260000 | 2130 | 25000
-          8 |  680 |       2 |    1 | 142500 | 1170 | 22000
-          9 | 1840 |       3 |    2 | 160000 | 1500 | 19000
-         10 | 3680 |       4 |    2 | 240000 | 2790 | 20000
-         11 | 1660 |       3 |    1 |  87000 | 1030 | 17500
-         12 | 1620 |       3 |    2 | 118600 | 1250 | 20000
-         13 | 3100 |       3 |    2 | 140000 | 1760 | 38000
-         14 | 2070 |       2 |    3 | 148000 | 1550 | 14000
-         15 |  650 |       3 |  1.5 |  65000 | 1450 | 12000
-        \.
-
-        --  Train a regression model. First, single regression for all data.
-        SELECT {schema_madlib}.linregr_train( 'houses',
-                         'houses_linregr',
-                         'price',
-                         'ARRAY[1, tax, bath, size]'
-                       );
-        -- Generate three output models, one for each value of "bedroom".
-        SELECT {schema_madlib}.linregr_train('houses',
-                                    'houses_linregr_bedroom',
-                                    'price',
-                                    'ARRAY[1, tax, bath, size]',
-                                    'bedroom'
-                                    );
-        -- Examine the resulting models.
-        SELECT * FROM houses_linregr;
-        SELECT * FROM houses_linregr_bedroom;
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.linregr_train()"
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.py_in
index 77ea465..812d4cd 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/logistic.py_in
@@ -416,9 +416,6 @@ that can be represented with a Boolean expression.
 
 For more details on function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.logregr_train('usage')
-
-For a small example on using the function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.logregr_train('example')
         """
     elif message in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
 
@@ -467,51 +464,6 @@ A summary table named <out_table>_summary is also created 
at the same time, whic
     'num_missing_rows_skipped'  integer,    -- total number of rows skipped
     'grouping_col'              varchar     -- grouping columns used in the 
regression
         """
-    elif message in ['example', 'examples']:
-
-        help_string = """
-CREATE TABLE patients( id INTEGER NOT NULL,
-                       second_attack BOOLEAN,
-                       treatment INTEGER,
-                       trait_anxiety INTEGER);
-COPY patients FROM STDIN WITH DELIMITER '|';
-  1 |   True  |         1 |            70
-  3 |   True  |         1 |            50
-  5 |   True  |         0 |            40
-  7 |   True  |         0 |            75
-  9 |   True  |         0 |            70
- 11 |   False |         1 |            65
- 13 |   False |         1 |            45
- 15 |   False |         1 |            40
- 17 |   False |         0 |            55
- 19 |   False |         0 |            50
-  2 |   True  |         1 |            80
-  4 |   True  |         0 |            60
-  6 |   True  |         0 |            65
-  8 |   True  |         0 |            80
- 10 |   True  |         0 |            60
- 12 |   False |         1 |            50
- 14 |   False |         1 |            35
- 16 |   False |         1 |            50
- 18 |   False |         0 |            45
- 20 |   False |         0 |            60
-\.
-
--- Drop output tables before calling the function
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS patients_logregr;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS patients_logregr_summary;
-
-SELECT madlib.logregr_train( 'patients',
-                             'patients_logregr',
-                             'second_attack',
-                             'ARRAY[1, treatment, trait_anxiety]',
-                             NULL,
-                             20,
-                             'irls'
-                           );
-
-SELECT * from patients_logregr;
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use 
{schema_madlib}.logregr_train('help')"
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/multilogistic.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/multilogistic.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/multilogistic.py_in
index 66de5ef..51d9190 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/multilogistic.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/regress/multilogistic.py_in
@@ -560,9 +560,6 @@ coefficients that maximizes the likelihood of the 
observations.
 
 For more details on function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.mlogregr_train('usage')
-
-For an example on using the function:
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.mlogregr_train('example')
         """
     elif message in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -614,89 +611,6 @@ The output summary table named as <'output_table'>_summary 
has the following col
     vcov                     -- DOUBLE PRECISION[], Covariance matrix
     coef                     -- DOUBLE PRECISION[], Coefficients of regression
         """
-    elif message in ['example', 'examples']:
-        help_string = """
--- Create sample data set
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test3;
-CREATE TABLE test3 (
-    feat1 INTEGER,
-    feat2 INTEGER,
-    cat INTEGER
-);
-INSERT INTO test3(feat1, feat2, cat) VALUES
-(1,35,1),
-(2,33,0),
-(3,39,1),
-(1,37,1),
-(2,31,1),
-(3,36,0),
-(2,36,1),
-(2,31,1),
-(2,41,1),
-(2,37,1),
-(1,44,1),
-(3,33,2),
-(1,31,1),
-(2,44,1),
-(1,35,1),
-(1,44,0),
-(1,46,0),
-(2,46,1),
-(2,46,2),
-(3,49,1),
-(2,39,0),
-(2,44,1),
-(1,47,1),
-(1,44,1),
-(1,37,2),
-(3,38,2),
-(1,49,0),
-(2,44,0),
-(3,61,2),
-(1,65,2),
-(3,67,1),
-(3,65,2),
-(1,65,2),
-(2,67,2),
-(1,65,2),
-(1,62,2),
-(3,52,2),
-(3,63,2),
-(2,59,2),
-(3,65,2),
-(2,59,0),
-(3,67,2),
-(3,67,2),
-(3,60,2),
-(3,67,2),
-(3,62,2),
-(2,54,2),
-(3,65,2),
-(3,62,2),
-(2,59,2),
-(3,60,2),
-(3,63,2),
-(3,65,2),
-(2,63,1),
-(2,67,2),
-(2,65,2),
-(2,62,2),
-(NULL,67,2),
-(2,NULL,2),
-(NULL,NULL,2),
-(2,62,NULL);
-
--- Run the multilogistic regression function.
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test3_output;
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test3_output_summary;
-SELECT madlib.mlogregr_train('test3',
-                             'test3_output',
-                             'cat',
-                             'ARRAY[1, feat1, feat2]',
-                             0,
-                             'max_iter=20, optimizer=irls, precision=0.0001'
-                             );
-        """
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.mlogregr_train()"
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/balance_sample.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/balance_sample.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/balance_sample.py_in
index 28cd11c..391d1b4 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/balance_sample.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/balance_sample.py_in
@@ -722,7 +722,6 @@ output table size.
 
 For more details on function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.balance_sample('usage');
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.balance_sample('example');
             """
     elif message.lower() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -769,60 +768,6 @@ The output_table would contain the required number of 
samples, along with a
 new column named __madlib_id__, that contain unique numbers for all
 sampled rows.
 """
-    elif message.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-        help_string = """
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                                EXAMPLES
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- Create an input table
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;
-
-CREATE TABLE test(
-    id1 INTEGER,
-    id2 INTEGER,
-    gr1 INTEGER,
-    gr2 INTEGER
-);
-
-INSERT INTO test VALUES
-(1,0,1,1),
-(2,0,1,1),
-(3,0,1,1),
-(4,0,1,1),
-(5,0,1,1),
-(6,0,1,1),
-(7,0,1,1),
-(8,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(0,1,1,2),
-(0,2,1,2),
-(0,3,1,2),
-(0,4,1,2),
-(0,5,1,2),
-(0,6,1,2),
-(10,10,2,2),
-(20,20,2,2),
-(30,30,2,2),
-(40,40,2,2),
-(50,50,2,2),
-(60,60,2,2),
-(70,70,2,2)
-;
-
--- Sample without replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out;
-SELECT balance_sample('test', 'out', 'gr1', 'undersample', NULL, NULL, FALSE);
-SELECT * FROM out;
-
---- Sample with replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out_sr2;
-SELECT balance_sample('test', 'out', 'gr1', 'undersample', NULL, NULL, TRUE);
-SELECT * FROM out;
-"""
     else:
         help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.balance_sample()"
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.py_in
index 0621d61..90d12d5 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.py_in
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ whole table is a single strata.
 
 For more details on function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.stratified_sample('usage');
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.stratified_sample('example');
             """
     elif message.lower() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -244,63 +243,7 @@ be selected in the sample set more than once). Else (if 
with_replacement
 is FALSE), a row can be selected at most once.
 );
 """
-    elif message.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-        help_string = """
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                                EXAMPLES
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- Create an input table
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;
-
-CREATE TABLE test(
-    id1 INTEGER,
-    id2 INTEGER,
-    gr1 INTEGER,
-    gr2 INTEGER
-);
-
-INSERT INTO test VALUES
-(1,0,1,1),
-(2,0,1,1),
-(3,0,1,1),
-(4,0,1,1),
-(5,0,1,1),
-(6,0,1,1),
-(7,0,1,1),
-(8,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(0,1,1,2),
-(0,2,1,2),
-(0,3,1,2),
-(0,4,1,2),
-(0,5,1,2),
-(0,6,1,2),
-(10,10,2,2),
-(20,20,2,2),
-(30,30,2,2),
-(40,40,2,2),
-(50,50,2,2),
-(60,60,2,2),
-(70,70,2,2)
-;
-
--- Sample without replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out;
-SELECT madlib.stratified_sample('test', 'out', 0.5, 'gr1,gr2', 'id1,id2',
-    FALSE);
-SELECT * FROM out;
-
--- Sample with replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out;
-SELECT madlib.stratified_sample('test', 'out', 0.5, 'gr1,gr2', 'id1,id2',
-    TRUE);
-SELECT * FROM out;
-"""
     else:
-        help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.graph_sssp()"
+        help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.stratified_sample()"
 
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.sql_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.sql_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.sql_in
index c762115..6f0c233 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.sql_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/stratified_sample.sql_in
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ m4_ifdef(`\_\_HAS_FUNCTION_PROPERTIES\_\_', `MODIFIES SQL 
DATA', `');
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 -- Online help
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample_help(
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample(
     message VARCHAR
 ) RETURNS VARCHAR AS $$
     PythonFunction(sample, stratified_sample, stratified_sample_help)
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ m4_ifdef(`\_\_HAS_FUNCTION_PROPERTIES\_\_', `CONTAINS SQL', 
`');
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample_help()
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample()
 RETURNS VARCHAR AS $$
-    SELECT MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample_help('');
+    SELECT MADLIB_SCHEMA.stratified_sample('');
 $$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE
 m4_ifdef(`\_\_HAS_FUNCTION_PROPERTIES\_\_', `CONTAINS SQL', `');
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/madlib/blob/24a11c1e/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/train_test_split.py_in
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diff --git a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/train_test_split.py_in 
b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/train_test_split.py_in
index 011b14f..17388bb 100644
--- a/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/train_test_split.py_in
+++ b/src/ports/postgres/modules/sample/train_test_split.py_in
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ performed.
 
 For more details on function usage:
     SELECT {schema_madlib}.train_test_split('usage');
-    SELECT {schema_madlib}.train_test_split('example');
             """
     elif message.lower() in ['usage', 'help', '?']:
         help_string = """
@@ -243,77 +242,7 @@ be selected in the sample set more than once). Else (if 
with_replacement
 is FALSE), a row can be selected at most once.
 );
 """
-    elif message.lower() in ("example", "examples"):
-        help_string = """
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                                EXAMPLES
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--- Create an input table
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;
-
-CREATE TABLE test(
-    id1 INTEGER,
-    id2 INTEGER,
-    gr1 INTEGER,
-    gr2 INTEGER
-);
-
-INSERT INTO test VALUES
-(1,0,1,1),
-(2,0,1,1),
-(3,0,1,1),
-(4,0,1,1),
-(5,0,1,1),
-(6,0,1,1),
-(7,0,1,1),
-(8,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(9,0,1,1),
-(0,1,1,2),
-(0,2,1,2),
-(0,3,1,2),
-(0,4,1,2),
-(0,5,1,2),
-(0,6,1,2),
-(10,10,2,2),
-(20,20,2,2),
-(30,30,2,2),
-(40,40,2,2),
-(50,50,2,2),
-(60,60,2,2),
-(70,70,2,2)
-;
-
--- Sample without replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out;
-SELECT madlib.train_test_split(
-                                'test',    -- Source table
-                                'out',     -- Output table
-                                0.5,       -- Sample proportion
-                                0.5,       -- Sample proportion
-                                'gr1,gr2', -- Strata definition
-                                'id1,id2', -- Columns to output
-                                FALSE,     -- Sample without replacement
-                                FALSE);    -- Do not separate output tables
-SELECT * FROM out ORDER BY split,gr1,gr2,id1,id2;
-
--- Sample with replacement
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS out_train, out_test;
-SELECT madlib.train_test_split(
-                                'test',    -- Source table
-                                'out',     -- Output table
-                                0.5,       -- train_proportion
-                                NULL,      -- Default = 1 - train_proportion = 
0.5
-                                'gr1,gr2', -- Strata definition
-                                'id1,id2', -- Columns to output
-                                TRUE,      -- Sample with replacement
-                                TRUE);     -- Separate output tables
-SELECT * FROM out_train ORDER BY gr1,gr2,id1,id2;
-"""
     else:
-        help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.graph_sssp()"
+        help_string = "No such option. Use {schema_madlib}.train_test_split()"
 
     return help_string.format(schema_madlib=schema_madlib)

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