Returning numeral output in VS code terminal

[StephCreatesCode]

Beginner question here...

No matter what kind of variable I write (message, name), the terminal gives me the same numeral (with some letters) output in het beginning of the output.
For example, I write:

name = 'ada lovelace'
print(name.title())

I receive in the terminal:
14947888-3cd3-44ee-9a5e-9eb302bc1811Ada Lovelace

It's the same sequence, no matter the code I write. What am I doing wrong here? Did something went wrong with naming and/or placing the file items in the folder?

Many thanks in advance
Also, this is my first post, any feedback on it is welcome (please be gentle as I am autistic).

[deanhystad]

What do you mean by "No matter what kind of variable I write (message, name)"? If you are printing to stdout, I would expect that you are seeing message followed by name in the terminal. If message == "Hello" your code would print "Hello Ada Lovelace". I could be interpreting your post incorrectly.

If you are running Python in a VSCode terminal, I would expect something like this:

Output:
(seismic-py3.13) C:\Projects\MAST_lab\SeismicMast>python
Python 3.13.5 (tags/v3.13.5:6cb20a2, Jun 11 2025, 16:15:46) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Ctrl click to launch VS Code Native REPL
>>> name = "ada lovelace"
>>> print(name.title())
Ada Lovelace
>>> exit()

(seismic-py3.13) C:\Projects\MAST_lab\SeismicMast>

Notice that the terminal prompt displays the location and version of my python interpreter and the current working directory followed ">". Is this a better answer to your question?

When posting a question about code it is usually a good idea to post the code to provide context. You should also describe the steps taken to demonstrate the problem you are seeing. It is difficult to answer a question when you don't even know what the question is. Under "Help" you can read about how to ask a good question and what to include in a post. For convenience these are the links.

How to ask a smart question: https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=19
What to include in a post: https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=20

[Pedroski55]

I use Idle, which comes free with Python as a try-me-out shell.

Start Idle from a terminal, (I am using bash), like this:

(GPE) peterr@peterr-Modern-15-B7M:~/PVE$ python3 -m idlelib.idle

Try starting Idle and see if you have any luck!

Can confirm: no number

name = 'ada lovelace'
print(name.title())
print(name.upper())
print(name.split())
print(name.strip())

A tip: contact the spirit of Augusta Ada Byron and ask her what's wrong. As the world's first computer programmer, (or should that be programmeress?) she may know what's up!

[StephCreatesCode]

What do you mean by "No matter what kind of variable I write (message, name)"? If you are printing to stdout, I would expect that you are seeing message followed by name in the terminal. If message == "Hello" your code would print "Hello Ada Lovelace". I could be interpreting your post incorrectly.

If you are running Python in a VSCode terminal, I would expect something like this:

Output:
(seismic-py3.13) C:\Projects\MAST_lab\SeismicMast>python
Python 3.13.5 (tags/v3.13.5:6cb20a2, Jun 11 2025, 16:15:46) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Ctrl click to launch VS Code Native REPL
>>> name = "ada lovelace"
>>> print(name.title())
Ada Lovelace
>>> exit()

(seismic-py3.13) C:\Projects\MAST_lab\SeismicMast>[/output]
Notice that the terminal prompt displays the location and version of my python interpreter and the current working directory followed ">". Is this a better answer to your question?

When posting a question about code it is usually a good idea to post the code to provide context. You should also describe the steps taken to demonstrate the problem you are seeing. It is difficult to answer a question when you don't even know what the question is. Under "Help" you can read about how to ask a good question and what to include in a post. For convenience these are the links.

How to ask a smart question: https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=19
What to include in a post: https://python-forum.io/misc.php?action=help&hid=20

Thank you for your answer. I have read the help links.

This is what I wrote:

name = 'ada lovelace'
print(name.title())
first_name = 'stephanie'
last_name = 'van den broek'
full_name= f'{first_name} {last_name}'
print(f'Hello,{full_name.title()}!')
print('Hello:\n\tStephanie\n\tvan\n\tden\n\tBroek')

This is my full output in the terminal:

Output:
PS C:\Users\Stephanie\OneDrive\Bureaublad\python_work>  c:; cd 'c:\Users\Stephanie\OneDrive\Bureaublad\python_work'; & 'c:\Users\Stephanie\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\python.exe' 'c:\Users\Stephanie\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.debugpy-2025.18.0-win32-x64\bundled\libs\debugpy\launcher' '51510' '--' 'c:\Users\Stephanie\OneDrive\Bureaublad\python_work\name.py'
y-2025.18.0-win32-x64\x5cbundled\x5clibs\x5cdebugpy\x5clauncher' '51510' '--' 'c:\x5cUsers\x5cStephanie\x5cOneDrive\x5cBureaublad\x5cpython_work\x5cname.py' ;903668b9-c5b7-4d81-802b-62112f855f31Ada Lovelace
Hello,Stephanie Van Den Broek!
Hello:
        Stephanie
        van
        den
        Broek

Did something went wrong in the process of installing Python and/or VS code? Or did I make a mistake in storing the files? What do ' c:; cd ' mean in this context? Maybe it is good to note that I am learning Python via a pdf called Matthes E. Python Crash Course.A Hands-On,..Programming 3ed 2022. I am currently on page 23.

[DeaD_EyE]

Looks like a debugger attached to your Python-Interpreter.
You could run normally or in debug mode, which should show more verbose output. Maybe also this strange numbers, which looks like a UUID4.

UUID are randomly generated strings, which should not collide with other randomly generated UUIDs.
Most are time based + some randomness. Maybe the debugger sends this for each line of output.