insert this:

# type: ignore

paste it at the top of the file to ignore the file

paste it at the end of a line to ignore the line

Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/VisualStudioCode/comments/i3mpct/comment/g5bkx9u/

Pylance requires you to set the Python PATH:

If you're in Mac/Linux, use:

which python3

And in Windows (Command Prompt cmd.exe):

where python

So that the path in which your Python is installed is returned.

Copy that path.

Go to your vscode and open the settings.json file (CTRL + SHIFT + P, and type "settings.json" at search bar)

Add the following key to the json file:

"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "<PATH RETURNED ABOVE>"

The path may look like "C:\\Users\\YOURUSERNAME\\anaconda3\\bin\\python.exe on Windows or "/usr/local/bin/python3" on Mac/Linux.

Note: backslashes in settings.json must be escaped with an additional backslash, so C:\Users becomes "C:\\Users".

The following documentation provides more information about how to configure Python for Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/settings-reference

Pylance, by default, includes the root path of your workspace. If you want to include other subdirectories as import resolution paths, you can add them using the python.analysis.extraPaths setting for the workspace.

• In VS Code press <ctrl> + <,> to open Settings.
• Type in python.analysis.extraPaths
• Select "Add Item"
• Type in the path to your library /home/andylu/Dokumente/Allgemeines_material/Sonstiges/Programming/Python/Scripts/

1. Find the error-message you want to modify/disable in the Pylance's Diagnostic Severity Rules (in my case "reportMissingImports")
2. Modify settings.json with "reportMissingImports": "none" (see diagnosis reporting levels in Pylance's Settings and Customization)

The entire JSON-code to be inserted into the settings.json is:

"python.analysis.diagnosticSeverityOverrides": {
    "reportMissingImports": "none"
}

As an aside, if you want to be at least informed about unused imports, you can use:

"python.analysis.diagnosticSeverityOverrides": {
    "reportUnusedImport": "information",
    "reportMissingImports": "none"
}

PS: regarding the settings.json - location

Along with the global settings.json there are also local versions in your VS-Code-projects' parent directories. In the following, example paths are provided based on my Windows 10 - OS:

• global: C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json
• local: .vscode/settings.json

These local project settings override the global ones, if desired.

I finally figured out what was wrong. There seems to be an open issue with LSP Notebooks experiment on vscode that affects Jupyter Notebooks in the editor. The solution seems to be to set the "python.pylanceLspNotebooksEnabled" flag to False which by default is set to True and it fixes the problem of this error in Jupyter Notebooks in vscode.

This problem only seems to affect the docstring but doesn't affect autocomplete. Thanks to others who tried to help with this question and hope it helps those who might come across the same problem.