Programm has problems executing functions in a list

So i created a list in which healthpoints are supposed to be stored, but the programm doesnt do these calculations upon start an just sets every value to zero. wierdly if i remove the code and paste it again, same code, same spot in my programm, it suddenly works, on top every 5 refreshes or so i get bombardet with Warning: realhp(player_team[0],player_level[0]) is not a function, in file "z_player_memory" at line 3, column 49.

this is my code:

realhp = function(p,lv)

local hp=basis_hp[p]

local realhp=scale(hp,lv)

return realhp

end

player_team=[1,2,1,1,1,1]#

player_level=[5,10,5,5,5,5]

player_hp=[realhp(player_team[0],player_level[0]),realhp(player_team[1],player_level[1]),

        realhp(player_team[2],player_level[2]),realhp(player_team[3],player_level[3])

        ,realhp(player_team[4],player_level[4]),realhp(player_team[5],player_level[5])]

every list used here is defined and every function too, and as i said it works if i cut the code and paste it back so i guess it works in theory. I suspect it has something to do with the placement of the list, it currently sits in a source, and i thougth thats not a problem, because its judt a list but i guess this is not true if u use functions to get the values Idk.

Edit : I got it to work if i put the list in the init() function, so i found a temporary fix, but i dont want to crowd my init() function so hard, so if somebody knows a way to get this to work differently im very open for ideas/suggestions

Defining things outside functions can cause problems related to script load order or other things.

It's safer to always define your variables inside functions. If your init function is getting too crowded, you can always break it up into more functions.

For example:

init = function()
  init_map_stuff()
  init_player_stuff()
  init_other_stuff()
  
  // etc

end

// some other file
realhp = function(p,lv)
  local hp=basis_hp[p]
  local realhp=scale(hp,lv)
  return realhp
end

init_player_stuff = function()
  player_team=[1,2,1,1,1,1]
  player_level=[5,10,5,5,5,5]
  player_hp=[
    realhp(player_team[0],player_level[0]),
    realhp(player_team[1],player_level[1]),
    realhp(player_team[2],player_level[2]),
    realhp(player_team[3],player_level[3]),
    realhp(player_team[4],player_level[4]),
    realhp(player_team[5],player_level[5]),
  ]
end