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DumpMachine function

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Fully qualified name: Std.Diagnostics.DumpMachine

function DumpMachine() : Unit

Summary

Dumps the current target machine's status.

Description

This method allows you to dump information about the current quantum state. The actual information generated and the semantics are specific to each target machine.

For the local sparse-state simulator distributed as part of the Quantum Development Kit, this method will write the wave function as a one-dimensional array of pairs of state indices and complex numbers, in which each element represents the amplitudes of the probability of measuring the corresponding state.

Example

When run on the sparse-state simulator, the following snippet dumps the Bell state (|00⟩ + |11⟩ ) / √2 to the console:

use left = Qubit();
use right = Qubit();
within {
    H(left);
    CNOT(left, right);
} apply {
    DumpMachine();
}