I want to write a program to read a audio file and classify the various symbols into the number of times they occur , I was hoping i could use a switch statement and classify the 256 symblos but now i've learnt the standard ascii set is only from 0-127,so the rest of the symbols would vary from system to system?.
So how do i go on reading these symbols such that it would work on any system and also how can i access thier decimal values ??
I'm just hoping somebody points me in the right direction,Thankyou.