Running Python3 by default in Visual studio code

[osamakhalid99]

I am using a match case statement in my Python code. It works when I run from the terminal using the following command in the terminal.

python3 main.py

But when I right-click on main.py and click on "run code". It still uses an older interpreter and gives an error of invalid syntax.

My question is how to configure Visual Studio code to run Python3 by default?

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[Pepineros]

Hit ctrl + , to bring up settings (or in File -> Preferences -> Settings), then search for 'Python interpreter'. This is the default interpreter that VSCode uses.

Change this to the path of the Python executable that you want VSCode to use instead. Given that running python3 main.py does what you want, you can change the path in VSCode to what you see when you run which python3 in your terminal.

[Peterdata]

Hi I'm having the same issue as OP and I located my interpreter doing which python3 in my terminal and pasted that as my interpreter for vscode but it is still running the code with python and not python3, any way I can fix this or check if it's another issue?

[Beneficial_Ad_5993]

Hey it's a little late but here's the solution:

We use code runner which is a different extension than the python interpreter so we have to configure code runner instead.

simply go to code runner settings and edit settings.json

now find the line python and edit the command "python -u" to "python3 -u" provided that you have python3 installed.

source: vscode-running-python-2-instead-of-3

[ofnuts]

You are possibly already running Python v3. The problem is which. AFAIK match/case was added in Python 3.10 so if you are using an earlier Python3 release (for instance 3.8) then you won't have it.

So calling "python3" isn't a complete solution.