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

Answer from Vitor Pereira Barbosa on Stack Overflow
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I have created a virtual environment and chosen the python version inside the virtual environment as my interpreter in vs code. However, when I import module the module name is underlined in orange and it says Import "module" could not be resolved Pylance(reportMissingImports) but the code still runs perfectly. (The code runs but the intellisense does not work)

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