my @indexes_of_files = ( # terminology: index 0 == "file offset, index 1 == "file name" [ qw( 0 file_a.txt ) ], [ qw( 10 file_b.txt ) ], [ qw( 11 file_c.txt ) ], # THIS FILE WAS REMOVED [ qw( 14 file_d.txt ) ], [ qw( 14 file_e.txt ) ], #this file offset was 19, is now 14. ); my $total_number_of_words = 24; #previously 29