"Import could not be resolved" reported by Pyright

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Ben picture Ben · Apr 6, 2020 · Viewed 14.8k times · Source

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I've just started using Pyright. Running it on files that run perfectly well I get plenty of errors.

This question is similar, but refers to one's own modules.

For example Import "numpy" could not be resolved. What does it mean, and how do I resolve it?

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Ben picture Ben · Apr 7, 2020

On my computer I have 3 Pythons, a 3.6 from Anaconda, and a 2.7 & 3.7 that are regular python. Prompted by a nudge from this GH issue, I switched from the Anaconda 3.6 to the 3.7, and back again, and the problem went away.

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I think that this is the case because your .vscode/settings.json (the following is mine), doesn't have that last line until you change your python, at which point, that last line is put in and Pyright has something to look at.

{
  "python.linting.enabled": true,
  "python.formatting.provider": "black",
  "python.pythonPath": "C:\\Users\\ben\\Anaconda3\\python.exe"
}

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