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How To Run Python Code In Visual Studio Code

This article will tell you the steps about how to use visual studio code to create, run and debug the python script files.

1. How To Install Visual Studio Code Python Extension.

1. Open visual studio code, click View —> Extensions menu item at the top menu bar. It will list all the installed and recommend extensions in the visual studio code left side EXTENSIONS panel.
2. Input the keyword python in the search box, and click the Install button for the Microsoft-created python extension to install it.
3. After installing the visual studio code python extension, you need to restart the visual studio code to make it effective.
4. But before you can start to write and debug python source code in visual studio code, you need to make sure you have installed the python interpreter correctly on your OS.

2. Select Installed Python Interpreter In Visual Studio Code.

1. Open visual studio code, click the View —> Command Palette… menu item on the top menu bar.
2. Then input the keyword Python: Select Interpreter in the popup search box, and click it in the drop-down list below the search box.
3. Then it will list all the python interpreters ( the python executable file installed path ) installed on your OS. You can select one to run the python script later.

3. How To Create Python Script File In Visual Studio Code.

1. Create a folder in your OS, this folder will be treated as the workspace for your visual studio code python project.
2. Click File —> Open Folder… menu item in the visual studio code top menu bar. Browse the folder that you create and click the Open button in the folder browse dialog. Then it will list all the files in the folder on the visual studio code left side pane, the pane name is the uppercase of the folder name.
3. Click the New File button on the top right corner of the folder pane, or right-click the folder name and click the New File menu item on the popup menu list to create a new python file. You should make sure the file ends with a .py extension.
4. Click the file name, it will open the file on the right side.
5. Now you can write python code in the created python file like below.

msg = 'I love python' print(msg)

4. How To Run The Python Script File In Visual Studio Code.

1. Right-click the python file source code in the editor, it will popup a menu list.
2. There are some menu items that can run the python file in different modes.
3. The Run Python File in Terminal menu item will start the visual studio code built-in terminal and run the python source code in the terminal.
4. When clicking this menu item, it will display the TERMINAL window at the bottom of the visual studio code. And run the python file in the terminal.
5. You can see the output text like below in the TERMINAL window.

/usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/songzhao/Documents/WorkSpace/PythonExample/test.py The default interactive shell is now zsh. To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`. For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050. (base) songs-MacBook-Pro:PythonExample songzhao$ /usr/local/bin/python3 /Users/songzhao/Documents/WorkSpace/PythonExample/test.py I love python

5. How To Debug Python Source Code In Visual Studio Code.

1. Single-click the first column of the python source code line to set a breakpoint.
2. Click the visual studio code Run —> Start Debugging menu item at the top menu bar to start the debugging process.
3. Now it will open the command palette window, select the Python File Debug the current active Python file item in the drop-down list.
   
4. The python program execution will stop at the first breakpoint.
5. You can click the Continue, Step Over, Step Into, Step Out, Restart, Stop button in the debug toolbar to process the python code debugging.
   

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