Why does F strings appear as invalid in VS Code?

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So I just started using Python and I'm getting this weird bug in Visual Studio Code. I'm using F Strings and inside the editor, it says it's invalid syntax.

Why does this have a red underline? It's apparently also invalid syntax even though the code does work correctly from the command prompt.

The extensions I have enabled are Beautify, ESLint (the file is picking up as MagicPython down the bottom so I assume this doesn't affect it), MagicPython, Material Theme, Python, Visual Studio IntelliCode - Preview. Thanks! Neeron.

VS Code is an awful python IDE. It's probably not aware of the 3.6 f-strings format (or some plugin isn't). — Jean-François Fabre, Dec 04 '18 at 09:24
The new python pep https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/, show that the `new` way to format string is following this template. Maybe because of that the string is showing in a way that it looks wrong. — Danizavtz, May 11 '20 at 05:31
Does this answer your question? [f-strings giving SyntaxError?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50401632/f-strings-giving-syntaxerror) — Josh Correia, Oct 20 '20 at 16:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '22 at 20:47

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You need to change your Python interpreter to a version that supports f-strings.

Click on the python version on the bottom right of your screen
Select a newer python interpreter on the dropdown box.

The error should be gone now.

answered Jul 14 '22 at 20:47

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '21 at 03:25

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I just use the extensions called python and I meet the same question like that. the question I meet Just adjusting the version of python which is used by the extend can solve the problem.change this

answered Nov 16 '21 at 03:25

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Why does F strings appear as invalid in VS Code?

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