distance/ $ make distance
make: *** No rule to make target 'distance'.  Stop.
distance/ $ code distance.py
distance/ $ make distance
make: *** No rule to make target 'distance'.  Stop.
distance/ $ 

Trying to run a Python program ( have copied and pasted program in to disatnce.py)and have made the directory, distance, and file distance.py however getting the above error, this seems very basic , what am I missing ?

thanks anybody