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Call

class qiskit.pulse.instructions.Call(subroutine, value_dict=None, name=None)

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Pulse Call instruction.

The Call instruction represents the calling of a referenced subroutine (schedule). It enables code reuse both within the pulse representation and hardware (if supported).

Define new subroutine.

Note

Inline subroutine is mutable. This requires special care for modification.

Deprecated since version 0.25.0

The class qiskit.pulse.instructions.call.Call is deprecated as of qiskit-terra 0.25.0. It will be removed in the Qiskit 1.0 release. Instead, use the pulse builder function qiskit.pulse.builder.call(subroutine) within an active building context.

Parameters

Raises

PulseError – If subroutine is not valid data format.


Attributes

arguments

Parameters dictionary to be assigned to subroutine.

channels

Returns the channels that this schedule uses.

duration

Duration of this instruction.

id

Unique identifier for this instruction.

instructions

Iterable for getting instructions from Schedule tree.

name

Name of this instruction.

operands

Return instruction operands.

parameters

Unassigned parameters which determine the instruction behavior.

prefix

Default value: 'call'

start_time

Relative begin time of this instruction.

stop_time

Relative end time of this instruction.

subroutine

Return attached subroutine.

Returns

The program referenced by the call.

Return type

program (Union[Schedule, ScheduleBlock])


Methods

append

append(schedule, name=None)

Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted at the maximum time over all channels shared between self and schedule.

Parameters

  • schedule (Union['Schedule', 'Instruction']) – Schedule or instruction to be appended
  • name (str | None) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

A new schedule with schedule a this instruction at t=0.

Return type

Schedule

assigned_subroutine

assigned_subroutine()

Returns this subroutine with the parameters assigned.

Note

This function may be often called internally for class equality check despite its overhead of parameter assignment. The subroutine with parameter assigned is cached based on .argument hash. Once this argument is updated, new assigned instance will be returned. Note that this update is not mutable operation.

Returns

Attached program.

Return type

program (Union[Schedule, ScheduleBlock])

ch_duration

ch_duration(*channels)

Return duration of the supplied channels in this Instruction.

Parameters

*channels (List[Channel]) – Supplied channels

Return type

int

ch_start_time

ch_start_time(*channels)

Return minimum start time for supplied channels.

Parameters

*channels (List[Channel]) – Supplied channels

Return type

int

ch_stop_time

ch_stop_time(*channels)

Return maximum start time for supplied channels.

Parameters

*channels (List[Channel]) – Supplied channels

Return type

int

draw

draw(dt=1, style=None, filename=None, interp_method=None, scale=1, plot_all=False, plot_range=None, interactive=False, table=True, label=False, framechange=True, channels=None)

Plot the instruction.

Deprecated since version 0.23.0

The method qiskit.pulse.instructions.instruction.Instruction.draw() is deprecated as of qiskit-terra 0.23.0. It will be removed in the Qiskit 1.0 release. No direct alternative is being provided to drawing individual pulses. But, instructions can be visualized as part of a complete schedule using qiskit.visualization.pulse_drawer.

Parameters

  • dt (float) – Time interval of samples
  • style (Optional[SchedStyle]) – A style sheet to configure plot appearance
  • filename (str | None) – Name required to save pulse image
  • interp_method (Callable | None) – A function for interpolation
  • scale (float) – Relative visual scaling of waveform amplitudes
  • plot_all (bool) – Plot empty channels
  • plot_range (Tuple[float] | None) – A tuple of time range to plot
  • interactive (bool) – When set true show the circuit in a new window (this depends on the matplotlib backend being used supporting this)
  • table (bool) – Draw event table for supported instructions
  • label (bool) – Label individual instructions
  • framechange (bool) – Add framechange indicators
  • channels (List[Channel] | None) – A list of channel names to plot

Returns

A matplotlib figure object of the pulse schedule

Return type

matplotlib.figure

insert

insert(start_time, schedule, name=None)

Return a new Schedule with schedule inserted within self at start_time.

Parameters

  • start_time (int) – Time to insert the schedule schedule
  • schedule (Union['Schedule', 'Instruction']) – Schedule or instruction to insert
  • name (str | None) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

A new schedule with schedule inserted with this instruction at t=0.

Return type

Schedule

is_parameterized

is_parameterized()

Return True iff the instruction is parameterized.

Return type

bool

shift

shift(time, name=None)

Return a new schedule shifted forward by time.

Parameters

  • time (int) – Time to shift by
  • name (str | None) – Name of the new schedule. Defaults to name of self

Returns

The shifted schedule.

Return type

Schedule

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