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"""Tool to visualize the results of a study."""
import numpy as np
from cirq.study import trial_result
[docs]def plot_state_histogram(result: trial_result.TrialResult) -> np.ndarray:
"""Plot the state histogram from a single result with repetitions.
States is a bitstring representation of all the qubit states in a single
result.
Currently this function assumes each measurement gate applies to only
a single qubit.
Args:
result: The trial results to plot.
Returns:
The histogram. A list of values plotted on the y-axis.
"""
# pyplot import is deferred because it requires a system dependency
# (python3-tk) that `pip install cirq` can't handle for the user. This
# allows cirq to be usable without python3-tk.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
num_qubits = len(result.measurements.keys())
states = 2**num_qubits
values = np.zeros(states)
# measurements is a dict of {measurement gate key:
# array(repetitions, boolean result)}
# Convert this to an array of repetitions, each with an array of booleans.
# e.g. {q1: array([[True, True]]), q2: array([[False, False]])}
# --> array([[True, False], [True, False]])
measurement_by_result = np.array([
v.transpose()[0] for k, v in result.measurements.items()]).transpose()
for meas in measurement_by_result:
# Convert each array of booleans to a string representation.
# e.g. [True, False] -> [1, 0] -> '10' -> 2
state_ind = int(''.join([str(x) for x in [int(x) for x in meas]]), 2)
values[state_ind] += 1
plot_labels = [bin(x)[2:].zfill(num_qubits) for x in range(states)]
plt.bar(np.arange(states), values, tick_label=plot_labels)
plt.xlabel('qubit state')
plt.ylabel('result count')
plt.show()
return values