diff --git a/examples/seq_dist.R b/examples/seq_dist.R
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+# Distances between lists of integer vectors. Note the postfix 'L' to force 
+# integer storage. The shorter argument is recycled over (\code{a})
+a <- list(c(102L, 107L))                        # fu
+b <- list(c(102L,111L,111L),c(102L,111L,111L))  # foo, fo
+seq_dist(a,b)
+
+# translate strings to a list of integer sequences 
+a <- lapply(c("foo","bar","baz"),utf8ToInt)
+seq_distmatrix(a)
+
+# Note how missing values are treated. NA's as part of the sequence are treated 
+# as an integer (the representation of \code{NA_integer_}).
+a <- list(NA_integer_,c(102L, 107L))
+b <- list(c(102L,111L,111L),c(102L,111L,NA_integer_))  
+seq_dist(a,b)
+
+\dontrun{
+# Distance between sentences based on word order. Note: words must match exactly or they
+# are treated as completely different.
+#
+# For this example you need to have the 'hashr' package installed.
+a <- "Mary had a little lamb"
+a.words <- strsplit(a,"[[:blank:]]+")
+a.int <- hashr::hash(a.words)
+b <- c("a little lamb had Mary",
+           "had Mary a little lamb")
+b.int <- hashr::hash(strsplit(b,"[[:blank:]]+"))
+seq_dist(a.int,b.int)
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/seq_sim.R b/examples/seq_sim.R
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+L1 <- list(1:3,2:4)
+L2 <- list(1:3)
+seq_sim(L1,L2,method="osa")
+
+