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 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
