Scalar vs List Assignment Operator

Question

Please help me understand the following snippets:

• my $count = @array;
• my @copy = @array;
• my ($first) = @array;
• (my $copy = $str) =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
• my ($x) = f() or die;
• my $count = () = f();
• print($x = $y);
• print(@x = @y);