Invalid Syntax error when running python from inside Visual Studio Code

Question

i have a python file with the following content saved on my machine:

types_of_people = 10 x = f"There are {types_of_people} types of people"  binary = "binary" do_not = "don't" y = f"Those who know {binary} and those who {do_not}."  print(x) print(y)  print(f"i said: {x}") print(f"I also said: '{y}'")  hilarious = False joke_evaluation = "Isn't that joke so funny?! {}"  print(joke_evaluation.format(hilarious)) w = "This is the left side of ..." e = "a string with a right side."  print(w + e) 

When i open this file with Python 3.7 from within Visual Studio Code i get the following error:

/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7 /Users/andree/Desktop/test.py   File "<stdin>", line 1     /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7 /Users/andree/Desktop/test.py     ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax 

In the following screenshot you can see the command i use to run the file and also which python extension i use.

But running the file from within my terminal with python3 test.py works just fine.

Does anyone know what the problem is when running it from within VS Code?

Answer 1

Think this is a bug of VS Code.

When you use "run selection/line in python terminal" command, VS Code starts python interpreter and doesn`t quit it after completion.

You should use exit() command in python interpreter window to end python session.

After that "run python file in terminal" will work fine.