diff --git a/scripts/argparse_example.py b/scripts/argparse_example.py
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-import argparse
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="transcript sampler",
-        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--annotation", required=True, help="gtf file with genome annotation")
-    parser.add_argument("--expression_level", required=True, help="csv file with expression level")
-    parser.add_argument("--output_csv", required=True, help="output csv file")
-    parser.add_argument("--output_gtf", required=True, help="output gtf file")
-    parser.add_argument("--transcript_number", required=True, help="total number of transcripts to sample")
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-
-
-# script name being whatever we call our workflow class/function that takes the inputs
-    script_name(args.annotation, args.expression_level, args.output_csv, args.output_gtf, args.transcript_number)
-
-
-"""note:
-so to run our entire workflow, it will suffice to type the following into the command line:
-        python filename.py \
-            --annotation filename1.gtf \
-            --expression_level filename2.gtf \
-            --output_csv output1.csv \
-            --output_gtf output2.gtf \
-            --transcript_number 100 (some number)
-
-
-"""
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