I'd like to send code I have selected from the editor to the interpreter running in the debugging console during an active debugging session. Can I do this in VSCode? If so, how?
While Mark (accepted answer) provided what seems to be the right command (it works for me from the contextual menu with the mouse), this isn't working for me yet as a keyboard binding, and I reported this issue here.
This started working again as of April 21, 2020 (latest Insiders version).
See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/editing#_run-selectionline-in-terminal-repl
Run Selection/Line in Terminal (REPL)
The
Python: Run Selection/Line in Python Terminalcommand (Shift+Enter) is a simple way to take whatever code is selected, or the code on the current line if there is no selection, and run it in the Python Terminal. An identicalRun Selection/Line in Python Terminalcommand is also available on the context menu for a selection in the editor.VS Code automatically removes indents based on the first non-empty line of the selection, shifting all other lines left accordingly.
Source code that runs in the terminal/REPL is cumulative until the current instance of the terminal is closed.
The command opens the Python Terminal if necessary; you can also open the interactive REPL environment directly using the
Python: Start REPLcommand. (Initial startup might take a few moments especially if the first statement you run is an import.)On first use of the
Python: Run Selection/Linein Python Terminal command, VS Code may send the text to the REPL before that environment is ready, in which case the selection or line is not run. If you encounter this behavior, try the command again when the REPL has finished loading.
And see Use IPython REPL in VS Code for info about the IPython REPL.
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It sounds like you want to send it the repl. There is an unbound command:
editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl
which will send selected text to the debug repl.
{
"key": "alt+y", // whatever you want here
"command": "editor.debug.action.selectionToRepl"
},
No, you cannot send a selection of code to the debugger. You need to debug the whole file or use the Interactive Window support to debug a specific cell.
commandID that @mark posted in another answer.