Use helpers

.gitignore

 __pycache__/constants.cpython-311.pyc
 data/bread_basket_preprocessed.csv
+__pycache__/helpers.cpython-311.pyc

README.md

@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@
 >       - **FP Growth**
 > 1. **Performance comparison between the two algorithms**
 
-> ***This project contains a python file `constants.ipynb` containing some fixed values used in `hw.ipynb`, refered as `CONSTANTS` class***
+> ***This project contains a python file `constants.ipynb` containing some fixed values used in `hw1.ipynb`, refered as `CONSTANTS` class***
+
+> ***This project contains a python file `helpers.ipynb` containing some helper functions used in `hw1.ipynb`, refered as `HELPERS` class***
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helpers.py

+import pandas as pd
+
+class HELPERS:
+    
+    def read_dataset_from_csv(path):
+        try:
+            data = pd.read_csv(path)
+            return data
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print(f"Error: The file at {path} was not found.")
+        except pd.errors.EmptyDataError:
+            print(f"Error: The file at {path} is empty.")
+        except pd.errors.ParserError:
+            print(f"Error: The file at {path} could not be parsed.")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")
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