asp.net mvc - 'x' is a 'variable' but is used like a 'method' -

i'm struggling curious situation. have collection of pages mean iterate through in razor. need twice, once within script tag , once outside. now, understand razor meant generate html , not javascript working fine , it's breaking , can't figure out quite why. here's code breaks:

<script type="text/javascript">     @foreach (string page in pages)     {         <text>         function @page() {             // here         }         </text>     } </script> 

this works fine:

<div class="intro">     @foreach (string page in pages)     {         <div id="@page">             <!-- whatever -->         </div>     } </div> 

compiler error message: cs0118: 'page' 'variable' used 'method'

and points use of @page. in fact vs13 red-squiggles use of variable but in first case!

what's going on here?

try

<script type="text/javascript"> @foreach (string page in pages) {     <text>     function @(page)() {         // here     }     </text> }