Perl defined variables

Hi,
  could anybody please illustrate with an example the
use of the following variables :

$/
$*

or more specifically here is the code i have.
what exactly would the following accomplish ?

$/ = "Begin";
$* = 1 ;

while (<>) {
   if (/$pattern/){
     print;
  }
 }

my understanding is
 $/ = "Begin"
treats the word "Begin"as delimiter instead of "\n"
and treats the entire content between two "Begin" s as
one single line.

how does setting "$*" to a particular value alter
anything here  ? hope i am making myself clear ....

thanks,
S.




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