I am using a hash array to read in a file of words and definitions which are both seperated by a "/" which Is why I split the lines. I think I am storing the words and definitions correctly in the dictionary array but when I try to print the keys in the dictionary underneath (in sub readWords) it doesnt do anything??? Also how come it also doesnt work in my sub sortDictionary??? Please help and thanks. 
my %dictionary;

readWords(\%dictionary);
sortDictionary(\%dictionary);

sub readWords {
   $numWords = 0;

   open FILE, $ARGV[0] or die $!;

   while (my $lines = <FILE>) {
      $numWords++;
      chomp $lines;

      my ($words, $definitions) = split('/', $lines);
      $words = lc($words);
      $dictionary->{$words} = $definitions;
   }
   foreach $key (%dictionary) {
      print $dictionary->{$words};
      print $result . "\n";
   }
   close FILE;
}

sub sortDictionary {
   foreach my $key (sort keys %{dictionary}) {
      $key =~ /^(.)/;
      my $line = $key . '/' . $dictionary->{$key} . "\n";
      print $line;
   }

}

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