I am using the def in Python for the first time and I think I messed up somewhere

I was trying to learn to use def for first time and this error came

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:UsersHpPycharmProjectswhack a molemain.py", line 36, in <module>
    mole_spawn(600, 440)
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable

There are multiple answers to solve this question and I saw many answers but I couldn’t understand what to do.

Code (only the part of code I think is needed)

def mole_spawn(molepos1, molpos2):
    molepos1 = molepos1 + 67
    molpos2 = molpos2 - 3
mole_spawn = random.randint(1, 9)
mole_spawn2 = random.randint(1, 9)
molepos1 = 0
molepos2 = 0
while mole_spawn == mole_spawn2:
    mole_spawn = random.randint(1, 9)
    mole_spawn2 = random.randint(1, 9)
if mole_spawn == 1:
    mole_spawn(100, 440)
elif mole_spawn == 2:
    mole_spawn(350, 440)
elif mole_spawn == 3:
    mole_spawn(600, 440)
elif mole_spawn == 4:
    mole_spawn(100, 260)
elif mole_spawn == 5:
    mole_spawn(350, 260)
elif mole_spawn == 6:
    mole_spawn(600, 260)
elif mole_spawn == 7:
    mole_spawn(100, 80)
elif mole_spawn == 8:
    mole_spawn(350, 80)
elif mole_spawn == 9:
    mole_spawn(600, 80)
mole_rect = mole.get_rect(center=(molepos1, molepos2))

What can I do to fix this?

Answers:

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Method 1

def mole_spawn(molepos1, molpos2):
    molepos1 = molepos1 + 67
    molpos2 = molpos2 - 3
mole_spawn = random.randint(1, 9)

This is your code. Here you define variable mole_spawn which shadows and replaces function name mole_spawn . So when you call this function later you actually try to call this int variable, which is not possible, thus error.

Method 2

“def” keyword is used to define a function in python. You used same name for function and variable (mole_spawn) which is causing error.
I suggest you to modify

mole_spawn = random.randint(1, 9)
# to 
mole_spawn1 = random.randint(1, 9)

while mole_spawn == mole_spawn2:
# to
while mole_spawn1 == mole_spawn2:

and finally modify mole_spawn to mole_spawn1 in every if else statement.

This should work fine.

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