compressing a text file

HI guys,

I am new to the field of data compression. I want to write an
algorithm to compress
the text file. One way I thought of replacing the frequently occuring
words with a smaller
symbol. Say, for example if "the" is repeated in the text file 1000
times I would replace
"the" with a new symbol "@" at all the 1000 places.
But there is a possibility that the new symbol "@" is already present
at some places
in the text file. So, I may mistook it as "the". Can anyone suggest me
how to solve
this problem ?

Thanx for any help/hints in advance ...

.

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