word frequency program for unicode

[the shrink]

I'm new to Java and am compounded with an issue:
Need to write a program that counts the word frequency from a file containing Urdu (in Unicode) words.
Would appreciate any help in starting out. I understand that BufferedWriter, FileInputStream, and FileOutputStream classes would be very helpful.
Also would appreciate tips in handling white spaces, new line, punctuation marks and end of file characters.

[marc weber]

"the shrink,"

Welcome to JavaRanch!

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Now, with respect to your question, where exactly are you are stuck? Can you post some of the code that you have so far?

-Marc

[Adam Richards]

Since Java uses Unicode, the fact that the words are Urdu is irrelevant.

A common approach to counting words (or any kind of substrings) is:

1. Create HashMap<String,Integer>
2. For each word in the string, if not in the hash map add it, else just increment its count.

[Layne Lund]

What have you done so far? At the very least, I assume you know to start with a main() method. Please post some code to illustrate what you have tried.

Layne