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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(name="training_dynamics",
+      version="0.1",
+      packages=find_packages(),
+      package_dir={"":"src"},
+      )
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diff --git a/src/training_dynamics/__init__.py b/src/training_dynamics/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/training_dynamics/utils/data_tools.py b/src/training_dynamics/utils/data_tools.py
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+import os
+import datasets
+from parse import parse
+from typing import Union
+
+"""
+Data tools: Utilities related to handling data
+"""
+
+
+def dyck2dataset(
+    files: Union[str, list], use_splits: bool = False
+) -> Union[datasets.Dataset, datasets.DatasetDict]:
+    """
+    Returns a dataset constructed from the data contained in files of the format used in this repo:
+    https://github.com/princeton-nlp/dyck-transformer/tree/master/data
+    Example file name: k128_m10_tr2000000.train
+    :param files: A directory, file or list of files
+    :param use_splits: If true, returns an instance of DatasetDict with splits for every file extension;
+    If false, returnts an instance of Dataset
+    :return: A datasets.Dataset or a datasets.DatasetDict with splits for every file extension
+
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        >>> from training_dynamics.utils.data_tools import dyck2dataset
+        >>> data_dir = "dyck-transformer/data"
+        >>> dataset = dyck2dataset(data_dir)
+        >>> dataset_splits = dyck2dataset(data_dir, use_splits = True)
+        ```
+    """
+
+    if isinstance(files, str):
+        if os.path.isdir(files):
+            files = [
+                os.path.join(files, f)
+                for f in os.listdir(files)
+                if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(files, f))
+            ]
+        else:
+            files = [files]
+
+    dataset_dict = {}
+    col_names = ["k", "m", "tr"]
+    if not use_splits:
+        col_names = col_names + ["subset"]
+    for file_path in files:
+        file_name = os.path.basename(file_path)
+        parsed = parse("k{k:d}_m{m:d}_tr{tr}.{subset}", file_name)
+        current_split = dataset_dict
+        subset = parsed["subset"]
+        if use_splits:
+            if subset not in dataset_dict.keys():
+                dataset_dict[subset] = {}
+            current_split = dataset_dict[subset]
+
+        for key in col_names + ["text"]:
+            if key not in current_split.keys():
+                current_split[key] = []
+
+        with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+            lines = f.readlines()
+            # Remove "END" string and line break
+            lines = [
+                line.replace("END", "").replace("\n", "").strip() for line in lines
+            ]
+            current_split["text"].extend(lines)
+            for key in col_names:
+                current_split[key].extend([parsed[key]] * len(lines))
+
+    if use_splits:
+        return datasets.DatasetDict(
+            {
+                split: datasets.Dataset.from_dict(dataset_dict[split])
+                for split in dataset_dict.keys()
+            }
+        )
+    else:
+        return datasets.Dataset.from_dict(dataset_dict)
+
+
+def is_balanced(txt, symbols={")": "(", "]": "[", "}": "{"}):
+    """
+    Checks if a string contains only well balanced opening and closing symbols
+    (e.g. brackets, parentheses)
+    :param txt: A string to test for non balanced symbols
+    :param symbols: A dictionary of opening and closing symbols
+    :return: True if symbols are well balance, False otherwise
+    Example:
+    ```python
+    >>> import os
+    >>> from training_dynamics.utils.data_tools import dyck2dataset, is_balanced
+    >>> data_dir = "dyck-transformer/data"
+    >>> file_path = [os.path.join(data_dir, f) for f in os.listdir(data_dir)][0]
+    >>> dataset = dyck2dataset(file_path)
+    >>> all([is_balanced(example) for example in dataset["text"]])
+    >>> is_balanced("({abc}) 123 []")
+    >>> is_balanced("({abc}) 123 [] (}")
+    ```
+    """
+    stack = []
+
+    char_list = list(txt)
+    for ch in char_list:
+        if ch in symbols.values():
+            stack.append(ch)
+        if ch in symbols.keys():
+            opening_symbol = ""
+            if len(stack) > 0:
+                opening_symbol = stack.pop()
+            if opening_symbol != symbols[ch]:
+                return False
+
+    return len(stack) == 0