class Distribution:
    
    def __init__(self, mu=0, sigma=1):
    
        """ Generic distribution class for calculating and 
        visualizing a probability distribution.
    
        Attributes:
            mean (float) representing the mean value of the distribution
            stdev (float) representing the standard deviation of the distribution
            data_list (list of floats) a list of floats extracted from the data file
            """
        
        self.mean = mu
        self.stdev = sigma
        self.data = []


    def read_data_file(self, file_name):
    
        """Function to read in data from a txt file. The txt file should have
        one number (float) per line. The numbers are stored in the data attribute.
                
        Args:
            file_name (string): name of a file to read from
        
        Returns:
            None
        
        """
            
        with open(file_name) as file:
            data_list = []
            line = file.readline()
            while line:
                data_list.append(int(line))
                line = file.readline()
        file.close()
    
        self.data = data_list