qiskit.pulse.transforms.pad

pad(schedule, channels=None, until=None, inplace=False, pad_with=None)

Pad the input Schedule with Delay``s on all unoccupied timeslots until ``schedule.duration or until if not None.

Parameters

• schedule (Schedule) – Schedule to pad.
• channels (Optional[Iterable[Channel]]) – Channels to pad. Defaults to all channels in schedule if not provided. If the supplied channel is not a member of schedule it will be added.
• until (Optional[int]) – Time to pad until. Defaults to schedule.duration if not provided.
• inplace (bool) – Pad this schedule by mutating rather than returning a new schedule.
• pad_with (Optional[Type[Instruction]]) – Pulse Instruction subclass to be used for padding. Default to Delay instruction.

Return type

Schedule

Returns

The padded schedule.

Raises

PulseError – When non pulse instruction is set to pad_with.