I have tried to run a pretty simple code

x = input("What's x? ")
y = input("What's y? ")

z= int(x)   int(y)

print (z)

But, when I try to run that code from the terminal writing "name_of_the_file.py", I find this error:

"The term "name_of_the_file.py" is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again."

If a right click on where you write the code, and then click on "run python file in terminal", it runs!

I am taking the CS50P, and I see that this should be possible because the teacher is able to do that. What am I doing wrong guys?

CodePudding user response：

try to follow these steps:

1. Create a folder where you want your script to run
2. Open the folder using VS Code: File -> Open Folder
3. Create your script and save it in the folder
4. Open a new terminal: Terminal -> New Terminal
5. Type the command: python name_of_the_file.py
6. If it doesn't work, try: py name_of_the_file.py
7. If you are using a python 3 version, try: python3 name_of_the_file.py

My output:

CodePudding user response：

Do follow below steps

1. Open terminal in VS code

2. go to directory where you have .py file located using cd command

3. run command in terminal (eg. python3 file_name.py

   Me@MyMacBook-Air string % python3 str_to_int.py

Hope this helps