--- a/tools/pythonpoint/demos/examples.py	Tue Nov 19 12:21:04 2013 +0000
+++ b/tools/pythonpoint/demos/examples.py	Tue Nov 19 13:50:34 2013 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import string
-
 testannotations="""
 def annotations(canvas):
     from reportlab.lib.units import inch
@@ -365,7 +363,7 @@
 and she'll have fun fun fun
 til her Daddy takes the keyboard away'''
 
-lyrics = string.split(lyrics, "\n")
+lyrics = lyrics.split("\n")
 testtextsize = """
 def textsize(canvas):
     from reportlab.lib.units import inch
@@ -786,12 +784,11 @@
 g = globals()
 Dprime = {}
 from types import StringType
-from string import strip
 for a,b in g.items()):
     if a[:4]=="test" and type(b) is StringType:
         #print 'for', a
         #print b
-        b = strip(b)
+        b = b.strip()
         exec(b+'\n')
 
 platypussetup = """
@@ -836,6 +833,6 @@
 if __name__=="__main__":
     # then do the platypus hello world
     for b in platypussetup, platypusfirstpage, platypusnextpage, platypusgo:
-        b = strip(b)
+        b = b.strip()
         exec(b+'\n')
     go()