Use Python In Visual Studio Code



Python is an interpreted language, and in order to run Python code and get Python IntelliSense, you must tell VS Code which interpreter to use. From within VS Code, select a Python 3 interpreter by opening the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), start typing the Python: Select Interpreter command to search, then select the command. Two available python interpreters on my list. B) On the status bar, in the bottom left corner of the screen, use the Select Python Interpreter option, if available (it may already show a selected. Visual Studio Code, with the Python extension; Introduction min. Chang'e and the stardust in space min. Exercise - Data science basics and environment setup min. Exercise - Collect data related to meteor showers min. Exercise - Cleanse meteor data min. Exercise - Write a predictor function - Part 1 min.

I’m not a Python expert, but I used it more often these days and I use Visual Studio Code with Python extension to author my scripts. One of the most annoying problem is receiving a no module named xxx error when you already installed that module with pip.

Figure 1:No module error when running Python code in Visual Studio Code

The problem arise because Visual Studio Code is not using the very same installation of python you are using from your command line / terminal. When you edit Python files in Visual Studio Code you should select interpreter path command to specify which version of Python you want to use, as showed in Figure 2:

Figure 2:Choose Python interpreter

This allows you to choose which Python version you want to use, but clearly, when you press F5 that specific version is used and probably you did not install required module in that specific version.

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Since Visual Studio Code can use whichever version of Python in your system, you need to install modules for that specific version used.

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Once you realize this, solution is straightforward, just install module with pip using the same version of Python chosen as interpreter (Figure 2) using directly python.exe correct version as shown in Figure 3.

Debug Python In Visual Studio Code

Figure 3:Install modules with right version of pip

Once you installed modules using the very same version chosen as interpreter in VSCode, you are ready to go. Pressing F5 you can now debug your code without problem.

Figure 4:Debugging in VSCode after installing required modules

This simple trick should solve the problem.

How To Use Python In Visual Studio Code

Gian Maria.