PauliTerm.id

PauliTerm.id(sort_ops=True)

Returns an identifier string for the PauliTerm (ignoring the coefficient).

Don’t use this to compare terms. This function will not work with qubits that aren’t sortable.

Parameters

sort_ops (bool) – Whether to sort operations by qubit. This is True by default for backwards compatibility but will change in a future version. Callers should never rely on comparing id’s for testing equality. See operations_as_set instead.

Return type

str

Returns

A string representation of this term’s operations.