beginner at java was asked in an interview here i have to count the occurrence of each word in a given sentence. for eg( "chair is equal to chair but not equal to table." Output : chair :2, is :1, equal :2, to :2, but :1, not :1, table :1 ) I have written some part of the code and tried using for loop but i failed....

public static void main(String[] args) 
{
            int counter = 0;
   String a = " To associate myself with an organization that provides a challenging job and an opportunity to provide innovative and diligent work."; 

   String[] b =a.split(" "); //stored in array and splitted

 for(int i=0;i0;j--)
     {      
         if(b[i] = b[j])
          //


     }
 }       
}

}