[Python] The term 'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or...

Whenever I ty to install matplotlib or any other python library using pip install in the terminal, I get this message:

pip : The term 'pip' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1

• pip
• 
  + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (pip:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I have tried to fix it using tutorials online such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUxiQ5bMVh0&ab_channel=TheCodeCity , but nothing works still in VsCode. If I run pip in my cmd it outputs and shows me the whole pip library with its commands and prompts like it should if installed correctly, but still doesn't work within VSCode. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is important for allowing me to finish a school project due in the very near future. This is not an issue I have ever ran into before on any device, such as my laptop (which is unable to run such a project efficiently) or on a school computer, which is where I began coding the project before attempting to continue it on my PC at home.

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