Why is sometime my Visual studio code not working evrytime?

Question

car = 'subaru'
>>> & C:/Users/ANTHONY/anaconda3/python.exe "d:/python programs vsc/login.py"
  File "<stdin>", line 1
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 File "<stdin>", line 1

OR(check this program)

car = 'subaru'
print("Is car == 'subaru'? I predict True.")
print(car == 'subaru')
print("\nIs car == 'audi'? I predict False.")
print(car == 'audi')

>>> print(car == 'audi')
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'car' is not defined

But this program works fine in python terminal or even in Juptyter notebook. I tried changing environments, sometimes it works fine.. other time it do not

Answer 1

The reason is that the content recognized by different terminals is different.

1. Since "Python Interactive Terminal" is used for code interaction, it recognizes python code. Therefore, when the run button is clicked, (it executes python commands,) but the "Python Interactive Terminal" cannot recognize commands. Therefore, "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" is displayed.

   Solution: Please use the command " exit() " to exit this interactive window, or click the "Kill terminal" icon of the terminal, and then open a new terminal.

   

2. As for "NameError: name'car' is not defined", we need to input the value of the variable "car" and then use the output statement to judge it: