DB<3> a 6 print ("\$y $y\n") DB<4> n DB<4> DB<4> $y 3 DB<4> $y 4 DB<4> Use of uninitialized value $y in concatenation (.) or string at (eval 9)[/usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 1. at (eval 9)[/usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 1. eval 'no strict; ($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\\, $^W) = @DB::saved;package main; print ("\\$y $y\\n"); ' called at /usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl line 732 DB::eval called at /usr/share/perl/5.18/perl5db.pl line 2661 DB::DB called at test.pl line 5 $y DB<4>