How to select cell to run when using Jupyter when running it in VSCode?

Question

I like the way Jupyter extension is built on VSCode, but I haven't get it to run a cell of my choise.

My question is: Is there a way to select which line gets executed or is it always the last in the file?

Right now I just put each output providing cell to separate file and import required features, but quick iterative experiments would be handy just to quickly write on the same file.

Answer 1

It looks like #%% begins a cell so there are two ways of doing this I think:

#%%
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl
import numpy as np

#%%
x = np.linspace(0, 20, 100)
plt.plot(x, np.sin(x))
plt.show() 

and you can run each cell separately (or line - wherever you place the #%%) Run cell will pop up above the line you put this on.

Or install code-runner: code-runner . For more info see here: Jupyter-IPython and here Getting Started

EDIT: Just found another way from the last hyperlink:

• Open a python file
• Select a line or a block of code
• From the command palette (cmd+shift+p) select the command Jupyter: Run selection/line
• The results will be displayed on the right hand side
• A status bar will appear with the name and status of the kernel