🔒 Complete beginner who got stuck on running code on VS code

[finite holly]

@worn minnow

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[crude hemlock]

the command is python, not py

python HelloWorld.py

[fervent viper]

you havent saved your file

[crude hemlock]

that too

[fervent viper]

first save it and run the same command again

[fervent viper]

python is for unix/macos, py is for windows

[crude hemlock]

weird, i havent had py work

[light spindle]

No Windows also works with Python

[fervent viper]

sometimes it does

mostly because you may have downloaded the microsoft version

[light spindle]

I've never used py in my life 💀

[light spindle]

is there another version of windows?

[crude hemlock]

theres the one on the site and the microsoft store version

[fervent viper]

i meant the microsfot store version*

and you should not use that

always use the one from python.org website with your respective system

[light spindle]

Nope I've downloaded the original version from python.org I'll check if py works

Yep Python and Py both works

@worn minnow you've the python extension of VS code?

[fervent viper]

yeah but its recommended to use the py for windows and python for the other, if you try creating a venv using the wrong command it can break

[light spindle]

Yeah possible I don't use terminal so idk much about it I'll usually open powershell and do stuff from there and use VSC to just run files

[worn minnow]

yes already. i watch the tutorial of paul mcwhorter on utube and i follow exactly what he did but i dont know whats wrong with mine

[fervent viper]

did you save your file

press ctrl + s

[worn minnow]

yea alr

[fervent viper]

did you run the file

[worn minnow]

yes!!

[fervent viper]

what happens after

[worn minnow]

here.

[fervent viper]

do you have python installed in your system

[worn minnow]

yes, and i have adđe it in Path

[fervent viper]

run py -0 in your terminal and show the output

[fervent viper]

im pretty sure the extension you're using is called code runner

uninstall that extension and download the python extension from microsoft

[worn minnow]

thank u for ur help

[fervent viper]

np

does it work?

[worn minnow]

is this the right one

[fervent viper]

yes

you can press the play button on the top right

it might ask for the path of your installed python.exe

navigate to wherever youve installed python in your system and select the interpretor

[worn minnow]

well thats the one ive been trying, but didnt work.

[fervent viper]

what doesnt exactly work

[worn minnow]

i try to run the code again but it doesnt appear in the terminal

[fervent viper]

try again

it didnt work before cuz you hadnt saved your file

[worn minnow]

i have done all the things u said but it diddnt work, the "+'Please enter your first nummer' appears in the Output session but nothing appears in the Terminal session. here is the result after i press run code

[trail crescent]

it still works tho, on some installed environments

dont really get why ppl use python over py lol

[crude hemlock]

heres why i do it

[finite holly]

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