diff --git a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
index 8596ae420..5cc6ecc8f 100644
--- a/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
+++ b/R/utils-get_code_dependency.R
@@ -301,8 +301,34 @@ extract_occurrence <- function(pd) {
     sym_cond <- rev(sym_cond)
   }
 
-  after <- match(min(x$id[assign_cond]), sort(x$id[c(min(assign_cond), sym_cond)])) - 1
-  ans <- append(x[sym_cond, "text"], "<-", after = max(1, after))
+  # Separate symbols before and after assignment
+  symbols_before_assign <- sym_cond[x$id[sym_cond] < min(x$id[assign_cond])]
+  symbols_after_assign <- sym_cond[x$id[sym_cond] > min(x$id[assign_cond])]
+  
+  # Move function calls from left side to right side of assignment
+  # Function calls should only appear as dependencies (right side), not as assignment targets
+  function_calls_on_left <- c()
+  if (length(symbols_before_assign) > 0) {
+    is_function_call_before <- x[symbols_before_assign, "token"] == "SYMBOL_FUNCTION_CALL"
+    function_calls_on_left <- symbols_before_assign[is_function_call_before]
+    symbols_before_assign <- symbols_before_assign[!is_function_call_before]
+  }
+  
+  # Combine symbols: filtered left side + all right side + moved function calls
+  filtered_sym_cond <- c(symbols_before_assign, symbols_after_assign, function_calls_on_left)
+  
+  # Update the after position based on filtered symbols (only non-function symbols on left)
+  if (length(symbols_before_assign) > 0) {
+    after <- match(min(x$id[assign_cond]), sort(x$id[c(min(assign_cond), symbols_before_assign)])) - 1
+  } else {
+    after <- 0
+  }
+  
+  if (length(filtered_sym_cond) > 0) {
+    ans <- append(x[filtered_sym_cond, "text"], "<-", after = max(1, after))
+  } else {
+    ans <- "<-"
+  }
   roll <- in_parenthesis(pd)
   if (length(roll)) {
     c(setdiff(ans, roll), roll)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-fix-function-call-dependencies.R b/tests/testthat/test-fix-function-call-dependencies.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8ce3ad7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-fix-function-call-dependencies.R
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+testthat::test_that("get_code correctly handles function calls in assignments without false dependencies", {
+  # Test reproducing the issue from GitHub #262 using iris dataset
+  # Function calls on left side of assignments should not create false dependencies
+  
+  data_env <- qenv() |>
+    within({
+      # Create initial datasets
+      ADSL <- iris
+      ADMH <- mtcars
+      ADVS <- iris
+      
+      # This assignment uses function calls on the left side
+      # colnames(ADMH[c("mpg", "cyl")]) should not create dependency for ADVS
+      colnames(ADMH[c("mpg", "cyl")]) <- c("Miles_Per_Gallon", "Cylinders")
+      
+      # ADVS should be independent of ADMH modifications
+      ADVS <- cbind(ADVS, Species_Number = as.numeric(ADVS$Species))
+    })
+  
+  # Get code for ADVS - should NOT include the ADMH colnames modification
+  advs_code <- get_code(data_env, names = "ADVS")
+  
+  # ADVS code should not include the ADMH modification line
+  testthat::expect_false(grepl("colnames\\\\(ADMH", advs_code)))
+  
+  # ADVS code should include its own definition and dependency on initial ADVS
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("ADVS <- iris", advs_code))
+  
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("ADVS <- cbind", advs_code))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("get_code correctly excludes unrelated function call assignments", {
+  # Test that function calls like names(), class(), attr() don't create false dependencies
+  
+  data_env <- qenv() |>
+    within({
+      dataset_a <- iris[1:10, ]
+      dataset_b <- mtcars[1:5, ]
+      
+      # Modify dataset_a attributes using function calls on left side
+      names(dataset_a[c("Sepal.Length", "Sepal.Width")]) <- c("SL", "SW")
+      class(dataset_a) <- c("custom_iris", class(dataset_a))
+      
+      # dataset_b should be independent of dataset_a modifications
+      dataset_b$new_column <- dataset_b$mpg * 2
+    })
+  
+  # Get code for dataset_b - should NOT include dataset_a modifications
+  dataset_b_code <- get_code(data_env, names = "dataset_b")
+  
+  # Check that dataset_b code doesn't include dataset_a function call modifications
+  testthat::expect_false(grepl("names\\\\(dataset_a", dataset_b_code)))
+  testthat::expect_false(grepl("class\\\\(dataset_a", dataset_b_code)))
+  
+  # But should include its own definition and modifications
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("dataset_b <- mtcars", dataset_b_code))
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("dataset_b\\$new_column", dataset_b_code))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("get_code handles complex function calls without creating circular dependencies", {
+  # Test complex scenarios with nested function calls similar to the original issue
+  
+  data_env <- qenv() |>
+    within({
+      base_data <- iris
+      processed_data <- mtcars
+      final_data <- iris[1:5, ]
+      
+      # Complex assignment with nested function calls - should not affect final_data
+      attr(processed_data[c("mpg", "hp")], "custom_attr") <- list(source = "mtcars", type = "numeric")
+      
+      # Another complex assignment with function calls
+      levels(base_data$Species)[c(1, 2)] <- c("Type1", "Type2")
+      
+      # final_data should be independent of the above modifications
+      final_data <- transform(final_data, Sepal.Sum = Sepal.Length + Sepal.Width)
+    })
+  
+  # Get code for final_data
+  final_data_code <- get_code(data_env, names = "final_data")
+  
+  # final_data should not include the complex function call assignments from other datasets
+  testthat::expect_false(grepl("attr\\\\(processed_data", final_data_code)))
+  testthat::expect_false(grepl("levels\\\\(base_data", final_data_code)))
+  
+  # But should include its own operations
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("final_data <- iris", final_data_code))
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("transform\\\\(final_data", final_data_code)))
+})
+
+testthat::test_that("get_code preserves function dependencies while avoiding false assignment targets", {
+  # Test that functions are still tracked as dependencies but not as assignment targets
+  
+  data_env <- qenv() |>
+    within({
+      my_data <- iris
+      helper_func <- function(x, cols) names(x)[cols]
+      
+      # Assignment that should depend on helper_func but not treat it as assignment target
+      names(my_data[c(1, 2)]) <- helper_func(my_data, c(1, 2))
+      
+      # Create another object that uses my_data
+      summary_data <- summary(my_data)
+    })
+  
+  # Get code for summary_data - should include helper_func definition due to dependency
+  summary_code <- get_code(data_env, names = "summary_data")
+  
+  # Should include helper_func since it's used in modifying my_data
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("helper_func <- function", summary_code))
+  
+  # Should include the names assignment that uses helper_func
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("names\\\\(my_data", summary_code)))
+  
+  # Should include my_data initial definition
+  testthat::expect_true(grepl("my_data <- iris", summary_code))
+})
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