There are several ways to open the Interactive window for an environment.įirst, switch to the Python Environments window ( View > Other Windows > Python Environments or Ctrl+ K > Ctrl+ `) and select the Open Interactive Window command or button for a chosen environment.

For details on IPython modes, see Use the IPython REPL.įor a detailed walkthrough with examples, including the interactions with the editor such as Ctrl+ Enter, see Tutorial Step 3: Use the Interactive REPL window. This article describes the Standard and Debug REPL modes. Visual Studio has many Python REPL modes to choose from: REPLĭefault REPL talks to debugged Python process This way of coding helps you learn and experiment with APIs and libraries and interactively develop working code to include in your projects.

The Interactive window (opened with the View > Other Windows > Interactive menu commands) lets you enter arbitrary Python code and see immediate results.

Visual Studio provides an interactive read-evaluate-print loop (REPL) window for each of your Python environments, which improves upon the REPL you get with python.exe on the command line. Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code

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