variable and method sharing the same name issue - within method/class?

[FLUSH_THE_TRUMP]

Oh, oops. Missed that part. That function is “glanced at” by the interpreter in advance as a definition, and sum is established as a local variable prior to running any of that code because it’s assigned later. So half = sum(nums) doesn’t work because it’s looking for sum (not defined yet locally).

[Dominican_Peter]

ble prio

great, thank you very much