Median String Algorithm Implementation in Python

A Python implementation of the Median String Problem as described in CPSC 450 - Bioinformatics.

Instructions

To run the program, simply run main.py, either using the command python on the command line (while in the same directory as the source files), or the IDE of your choice
- For reference, this program was written in Python 3.8.6
This program requires the provision of 1 (one) command line argument:
- The command line argument should be the name of the desired input data (text) file (including the .txt extension)
  - e.g.: example_input_1.txt
  - The desired input data file should be placed in the root of this project
    - If the file is placed in a project subdirectory, the file can still be specified via relative pathing
    - e.g.: If you were to place example_input_1.txt in a new subdirectory called data, .\data\example_input_1.txt would be the correct argument to provide
  - The desired input data file should be formatted in the same manner specified in the Assignment Details
Failure to follow these instructions will result in the program writing a brief error message to console and immediately halting

After (successfully) executing the algorithm, the program will:
- Write the results to console
- Output the results to x_output.txt, where x is the name of the specified input data file
  - The output file is found in the same directory as the specified input data file (either the project root or a project subdirectory)
Note that generating new results for a given data file will overwrite any existing results for the same data file