diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+datasets
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/errorsCheck.go b/errorsCheck.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/errorsCheck.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func check(err error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/euclideanDistance.go b/euclideanDistance.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/euclideanDistance.go
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+package main
+
+func euclideanDistance(dataset [][][]int) {
+
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	dataset := readDataFile("datasets/poker/poker-hand-training-true.data", "\n", ",")
+	fmt.Println(dataset)
+}
diff --git a/readDataFile.go b/readDataFile.go
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+++ b/readDataFile.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func readDataFile(path string, lineSeparation string, valueSeparation string) [][][]int {
+	var dataset [][][]int
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	check(err)
+	str := string(b)
+	str = strings.Replace(str, "\r", "", -1)
+	lines := strings.Split(str, lineSeparation)
+	for _, v1 := range lines {
+		params := strings.Split(v1, valueSeparation)
+		var datasetLine [][]int
+		var datasetLineEntry []int
+		var lastLineValue []int
+		for k2, v2 := range params {
+			value, err := strconv.Atoi(v2)
+			check(err)
+			if k2 < len(params)-1 {
+				datasetLineEntry = append(datasetLineEntry, value)
+			} else {
+				lastLineValue = append(lastLineValue, value)
+			}
+		}
+		datasetLine = append(datasetLine, datasetLineEntry)
+		datasetLine = append(datasetLine, lastLineValue)
+		dataset = append(dataset, datasetLine)
+	}
+	return dataset
+}