You actually can assign a function to variable https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/assign-function-to-a-variable-in-python/ , however you can't assign a function DEFINITION to variable. But once again im saying this is not my code where the error occurs, error lies in the test cases.

You can't assign function to a variable, you can call a function and store its return to a vaiable but not declare the function in the variable it self.

Went into comments just to say that, thanks dude for doing the work for me.

no, you should look up how to define a function in python again: there is absolutely no way, that your def is at the beginning of the line when you have maze = just in front of it... ;)

maze = def maze_runner(maze, directions):
#^^^^^^  cough!

Hi,
my def is in fact at the very beginning of the line, I've marked this as an issue, beacouse I think there is a problem with test.py test file, not my solution, and not something I could change.

Hi,

not an issue. Issues are for problems in the code of the kata. Here, your code is using invalid syntax => that's a "Question".

about that problem of yours: when used, def has to be at the very beginning of the line (according to the current indentation level)

Cheers

File "tests.py", line 6
    maze = def maze_runner(maze, directions):
           ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I am getting this error, and I am almost sure this is not my bad, any ideas?