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# pylint: disable=no-member
"""XOR circuit."""
from typing import Optional
import numpy as np
from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.circuit.exceptions import CircuitError
[docs]class XOR(QuantumCircuit):
"""An n_qubit circuit for bitwise xor-ing the input with some integer ``amount``.
The ``amount`` is xor-ed in bitstring form with the input.
This circuit can also represent addition by ``amount`` over the finite field GF(2).
"""
def __init__(self,
num_qubits: int,
amount: Optional[int] = None,
seed: Optional[int] = None,
) -> None:
"""Return a circuit implementing bitwise xor.
Args:
num_qubits: the width of circuit.
amount: the xor amount in decimal form.
seed: random seed in case a random xor is requested.
Raises:
CircuitError: if the xor bitstring exceeds available qubits.
Reference Circuit:
.. jupyter-execute::
:hide-code:
from qiskit.circuit.library import XOR
import qiskit.tools.jupyter
circuit = XOR(5, seed=42)
%circuit_library_info circuit
"""
super().__init__(num_qubits, name="xor")
if amount is not None:
if len(bin(amount)[2:]) > num_qubits:
raise CircuitError("Bits in 'amount' exceed circuit width")
else:
rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
amount = rng.integers(0, 2**num_qubits)
for i in range(num_qubits):
bit = amount & 1
amount = amount >> 1
if bit == 1:
self.x(i)