[Python] Getting Numpy error on VSCode (Windows11) even though numpy is installed

reference: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/...#_start-vs-code-in-a-project-workspace-folder

I created file hello.py

import numpy as np

msg = "Roll a dice!"
print(msg)

print(np.random.randint(1,9))


line 1, in import numpy as np ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

following instructions, I did

py -m pip install numpy
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\python312\lib\site-packages (2.1.3) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages) WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution ~ip (C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages)
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Running it again, I still get

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'


In the terminal window, I

python -c "import numpy; print(numpy.__version__)"
2.1.3

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