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.