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# OpenQASM
OpenQASM is an imperative programming language for describing quantum circuits. It is capable to
describe universal quantum computing using the circuit model, measurement-based model,
OpenQASM is an imperative programming language for describing quantum circuits. It is capable of
describing universal quantum computing using the circuit model, measurement-based model,
and near-term quantum computing experiments.
This repo contains the OpenQASM specification, examples, and tools for the OpenQASM intermediate representation.
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## Current version: **3.0**
Live doc: [**version 3.0**](https://openqasm.github.io/)
* Live language specification [**version 3.0**](https://openqasm.github.io/)
For previous version see: [2.0](https://github.com/openqasm/openqasm/tree/OpenQASM2.x)
* The branch of this repository for the previous version: [OpenQASM 2.0](https://github.com/openqasm/openqasm/tree/OpenQASM2.x)
## About this project
On this repository, you'll find all the documentation related to OpenQASM, some useful OpenQASM examples, and [plugins for some text editors](#plugins).
In this repository, you'll find all the documentation related to OpenQASM, some useful OpenQASM examples, and [plugins for some text editors](#plugins).
### Language specs
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### Examples
The examples can be found under the [examples](examples) folder.
They are OpenQASM files, i.e.:
An example of OpenQASM 3.0 source code is given below. Several more examples may be found in the [examples folder](examples).
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/*
* Repeat-until-success circuit for Rz(theta),