qiskit-documentation/docs/api/qiskit/0.26/qiskit.ignis.verification.c...

32 lines
1.1 KiB
Plaintext

---
title: combine_counts
description: API reference for qiskit.ignis.verification.combine_counts
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: function
python_api_name: qiskit.ignis.verification.combine_counts
---
# qiskit.ignis.verification.combine\_counts
<Function id="qiskit.ignis.verification.combine_counts" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-ignis/tree/stable/0.6/qiskit/ignis/verification/tomography/data.py" signature="combine_counts(counts1, counts2)">
Combine two counts dictionaries. :type counts1: `Dict`\[`str`, `int`] :param counts1: One of the count dictionaries to combine. :type counts2: `Dict`\[`str`, `int`] :param counts2: One of the count dictionaries to combine.
**Return type**
`Dict`\[`str`, `int`]
**Returns**
A dict containing the **sum** of entries in counts1 and counts2 where a nonexisting entry is treated as 0
**Example**
```python
>>> counts1 = {'00': 3, '01': 5}
>>> counts2 = {'00': 4, '10': 7}
>>> combine_counts(counts1, counts2)
{'00': 7, '01': 5, '10': 7}
```
</Function>