MATLAB: How to count number of words in a text file

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I have a text file with a large number of words, 'filename.txt'.
I have a column of words 'A'.
    Example:
A = 
    HJK.BT
    KLP.OK
    POL.ST
I want to go through column A and count how many times each of the words in column A appears in the text file. How can I do this? I tried 'textscan' but have had no luck.
Basically, I want to end up with something like:
Column A   # of Times Occurred
HJK.BT     3
KLP.OK     4
POL.ST     2

Best Answer

A={'HJK.BT'
  'KLP.OK'
  'HJK.BT'
  'POL.ST'
  'HJK.BT'
  'POL.ST'}
[ii,jj,kk]=unique(A)
freq=accumarray(kk,1)
out=[ii num2cell(freq)]
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