You can set your Python version in VS Code by opening a .py script and then clicking on the Python text in the bottom left corner as shown below.

Once you click, VS Code will open the command pallete where you can select your installation of Python that you would like to use with this workspace.

This setting will not fix what version your interactive Python window is using. You can get there by opening settings by using the ⌘, shortcut.

You can then search your settings for jupyter and you should see a section that has Jupyter Command Line Arguments. Click on the Edit in settings.json.

Here you can set the jupyter path to Python to match the one you picked for your Terminal. An example for a Mac computer is shown below.

		"python.pythonPath": "/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3",

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