writing and running code in vscode without saving it

[akbarza]

hi
I want to write some code in vs code and then run it without saving the code in any place. is it possible?
if it is possible, how can I do it?
for example, I want to run the below code without saving it on my hard drive. is it possible?

set_a={1,2,3,4}
set_b= {3,4,5,6}
result_set=set_a+set_b
print(result_set)

thanks

[deanhystad]

Depends on what you mean. If you are asiking if there is a way to write a program without creating a file, that cannot be done. I use "test.py" as my scratchpad file when writing throwaway code snippets.

There is nothing stopping you running python in a terminal in VS code and typing commands in REPL.

[aagayaa]

Yeah its, possible

Install the code runner extension in VS Code and run file, instead of other debugging options like run python file, debug ......

[deanhystad]

Yeah its, possible

Kind of possible. You still need a file for having a file edit window in VSCode. You can run the "file" without saving the window contents to a file, but a file has to exist. I don't know of a way to get an editor window without having a file.

[snippsat]

PyScripter can do this,just paste in code and run no file is saved to disk.
I use it for fast testing as eg forum code i want to run but don't need to save disk.
I use also VS Code there have to save a to file,
or a workaround is to paste alle code into a REPL like eg ptpython Enter to run and can also edit code unlike ordinal REPL.

[Gribouillis]

Another general solution is to use a RAM disk. If you save the file in a RAM disk it will not persist upon reboots.