Dim As String code, word, char Dim As Integer i, j Dim As String words() Dim As Integer counts() Open "i:\your_file.bas" For Input As #1 While Not Eof(1) Line Input #1, code For i = 1 To Len(code) char = Lcase(Mid(code, i, 1)) If char >= "a" And char <= "z" Then word &= Mid(code, i, 1) Elseif word <> "" Then For j = 0 To Ubound(words) If words(j) = word Then counts(j) += 1 Exit For End If Next If j > Ubound(words) Then Redim Preserve words(Ubound(words) + 1) Redim Preserve counts(Ubound(counts) + 1) words(Ubound(words)) = word counts(Ubound(counts)) = 1 End If word = "" End If Next Wend Close #1 For i = 0 To 9 Dim As Integer maxj = 0 For j = 0 To Ubound(counts) If counts(j) > counts(maxj) Then maxj = j Next Print words(maxj); " occurs"; counts(maxj); " times" counts(maxj) = 0 Next Sleep