What is $@ in Perl?

Question

I have a Perl script which I cannot understand.

for $i(@myarr)
{
    #some stuff
    eval {
        #some stuff
    };
    if($@)
    {
        print \"*** $         


        

Answer 1

$@ The Perl syntax error or routine error message from the last eval, do-FILE, or require command. If set, either the compilation failed, or the die function was executed within the code of the eval. please read this doc http://perldoc.perl.org/perlvar.html