BestAlphabetty.java

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class BestAlphabetty {
  public static void main(String... args) throws FileNotFoundException {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));
    int[] a = new int[26];
    int lc = 0;
    
    for (String line=(sc.hasNextLine())?sc.nextLine():"";
            sc.hasNextLine(); line=sc.nextLine(), lc=((lc==0)?2:lc+1))
      a[Character.toLowerCase(line.charAt(0)) - 'a'] ++;
      
    for (char i = 'a'; i <= 'z'; i++)
      System.out.printf("%c: %d\n", i, a[i - 'a']);
    System.out.printf("Line Count: %d\n", lc);
  }
}