diff --git a/example/test_getting_started1.py b/example/test_getting_started1.py
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+r'''>>> import getting_started1
+    >>> print getting_started1.greet()
+    hello, world
+    >>> number = 11
+    >>> print number, '*', number, '=', getting_started1.square(number)
+    11 * 11 = 121
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_getting_started1
+    return doctest.testmod(test_getting_started1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
diff --git a/example/test_getting_started2.py b/example/test_getting_started2.py
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+r'''>>> from getting_started2 import *
+    >>> hi = hello('California')
+    >>> hi.greet()
+    'Hello from California'
+    >>> invite(hi)
+    'Hello from California! Please come soon!'
+    >>> hi.invite()
+    'Hello from California! Please come soon!'
+
+    >>> class wordy(hello):
+    ...     def greet(self):
+    ...         return hello.greet(self) + ', where the weather is fine'
+    ...
+    >>> hi2 = wordy('Florida')
+    >>> hi2.greet()
+    'Hello from Florida, where the weather is fine'
+    >>> invite(hi2)
+    'Hello from Florida! Please come soon!'
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_getting_started2
+    return doctest.testmod(test_getting_started2)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+