Why isn’t this working?
eval "$response = $ua->request($r);"
print "$@";
gives:
syntax error at (eval 8) line 1, near "="
Why isn’t this working? eval $response = $ua->request($r); print $@; gives: syntax error at
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Why isn’t this working?
eval "$response = $ua->request($r);"
print "$@";
gives:
syntax error at (eval 8) line 1, near "="
It isn’t working because your double-quoted string is subject to interpolation, which is not going to go well, with those variables being expanded in place. And you need a semicolon outside your eval, not so much inside it. Try single quotes like so: