Facebook Hacker Challenge 2013

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class BeautifulStrings
{
    public static int totalBeauty(String line)
    {
        //build alphabet/freq/val triplets
        String[][] alphabet_freq = { {"a", "0"},
                                    {"b", "0"},
                                    {"c", "0"},
                                    {"d", "0"},
                                    {"e", "0"},
                                    {"f", "0"},
                                    {"g", "0"},
                                    {"h", "0"},
                                    {"i", "0"},
                                    {"j", "0"},
                                    {"k", "0"},
                                    {"l", "0"},
                                    {"m", "0"},
                                    {"n", "0"},
                                    {"o", "0"},
                                    {"p", "0"},
                                    {"q", "0"},
                                    {"r", "0"},
                                    {"s", "0"},
                                    {"t", "0"},
                                    {"u", "0"},
                                    {"v", "0"},
                                    {"w", "0"},
                                    {"x", "0"},
                                    {"y", "0"},
                                    {"z", "0"} };
        line = line.toLowerCase();
        StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer(line);
        final int BASE_ALPHA = 97;
        //97 - 122 (int) char
        for (int i = 0; i < buff.length(); i++)
        {
            char temp = buff.charAt(i);
            int tempnum = (int) temp;
            int setfreq = tempnum-BASE_ALPHA;
            if (tempnum >= 97 && tempnum <= 122)
            {
                for (int j = i; j < buff.length(); j++)
                {
                    char tempother = buff.charAt(j);
                    if (tempother == temp)
                    {
                        buff.replace(j,j+1," ");
                        //add to freq array
                        int tempArrayValue = Integer.parseInt(alphabet_freq[setfreq][1]);
                        tempArrayValue += 1;
                        alphabet_freq[setfreq][1] = Integer.toString(tempArrayValue);
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                continue;
            }
        }
        //initialize from 26-1 if whole alphabet is represented
        boolean end = false;
        int k = 0;
        int total = 0;
        int first = 26;
        int currentLargestPlace = 0;
        int currentLargestFreq = 0;
        while (end == false)
        {
            //debug
            //System.out.println(Arrays.toString(alphabet_freq[k]));
            int thisFreq = Integer.parseInt(alphabet_freq[k][1]);
            if (thisFreq > currentLargestFreq)
            {
                //System.out.println("First if block");
                currentLargestFreq = thisFreq;
                currentLargestPlace = k;
            }
            //when reach end, first check if 0
            if (k == 25)
            {
                //System.out.println("Second if block");
                if (currentLargestFreq == 0)
                {
                    //System.out.println("Embedded if block");
                    end = true;
                    break;
                }
                total += currentLargestFreq * first;
                //System.out.println("Current total = " + total);
                first -= 1;
                currentLargestFreq = 0;
                alphabet_freq[currentLargestPlace][1] = "0";
                k = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                k++;
            }
        }
        return total;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            File file = new File(args[0]);
            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file);
            while(scanner.hasNextLine())
            {
                System.out.println(totalBeauty(scanner.nextLine()));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}