reference:

I created file hello.py

import numpy as np

msg = "Roll a dice!"
print(msg)

print(np.random.randint(1,9))

In VSC I go to the Play button at the top and click one of the options for instance, "Run Python File In..." - they all give the same error.

 line 1, in <module>
    import numpy as np
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

following instructions, I did

py -m pip install numpy
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\python312\lib\site-packages (2.1.3) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages)

Running it again, I still get

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

In the terminal window, I

python -c "import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)" 
2.1.3

reference: https://code.visualstudio/docs/python/python-tutorial#_start-vs-code-in-a-project-workspace-folder

I created file hello.py

import numpy as np

msg = "Roll a dice!"
print(msg)

print(np.random.randint(1,9))

In VSC I go to the Play button at the top and click one of the options for instance, "Run Python File In..." - they all give the same error.

 line 1, in <module>
    import numpy as np
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

following instructions, I did

py -m pip install numpy
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\python312\lib\site-packages (2.1.3) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages)

Running it again, I still get

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

In the terminal window, I

python -c "import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)" 
2.1.3

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• How are you running your script? Which python binary are you using? – ewokx Commented Mar 3 at 4:07
• @ewokx In VSC I go to the Play button at the top and click one of the options for instance, "Run Python File In..." - they all give the same error. – likejudo Commented Mar 3 at 15:21
• py --version Python 3.12.3 – likejudo Commented Mar 3 at 15:27

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I did a CTRL-Shift-P and this brought up a dropdown menu. I chose Python - Select Interpreter Picked Global, Ran the Program, Same error. then I Switched to Recommended Interpreter and voila, it worked!