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Reputation: 121

VS code is set to work with python 2.7, how can one change it to 3.8?

Invalid Syntax on valid pyhton 3 syntax

Hello all, have just started to use vs code for python. I am using python version 3.8. I have installed python extension which helps with syntax completion but its giving suggestions according python 2.7 and gives error where new syntax included in python 3 is used. Can you direct me which settings are needed to be updated?

def fibonacci_series(lim):
    print("-- Fibonacci Series --")
    a=b=1
    for x in range(0, lim):
        yield a
        a,b = b,a+b

def main():
    for x in fibonacci_series(5):
        print(x , end=" ") # <- vs code says this is invalid syntax, but still runs it successfully.
    print()

main()

I have settings.json as this.

settings.json

{
    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
    "python.linting.enabled": true,
    "python.linting.pylintPath": "/usr/bin/pylint",
    "python.pythonPath": "/usr/bin/python3.8",
    "code-runner.executorMap": 
    { 
        "python": "python3.8 -u" 
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1305

Answers (1)

Brett Cannon
Brett Cannon

Reputation: 16090

The error is coming from Pylint. Did you specify a globally installed copy of Pylint via python.lintings.pytlintPath? If so and it's installed via Python 2.7 that would explain your issue. I would create a virtual environment for your project and install Pylint into the virtual environment to make sure it is being run for the version of Python you expect.

Upvotes: 1

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