Is it just me or does this problem just scream OO? You have a bunch of data and a bunch of non-trivial work to do on that data. Why not create an object for each document's scoring? That way, you have a bunch of objects. You then have a really neat way of determing the list to display. 
my $search_string = $cgi->param('search_string');
my @display_these =
    map { $_->[1] } # Strip off the ST
    sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } # Do the actual sort
    grep { $_->[0] > 0 } # Remove anything that scores a 0
    map { [ $_->score($search_string), $_ ] } # Create the modified ST
    @document_objects;

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The object would have a list of its words and how it scores. The object will probably be a hash (if you're lazy) or an array (if you're worried about space/speed). You'll have a hash of words that will key into hashrefs (cause they take less space when small) for all the ways something can score for that word. I dunno. :-)

Plus, you left out the part where this is really a 3-level structure, not a 2-level structure. You probably don't think of it that way, but you are de-referencing one level before you even get to the code posted above.

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In reply to Re: Hash of Arrays versus Two Hashes by dragonchild
in thread Hash of Arrays versus Two Hashes by Cody Pendant

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