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---
title: QDrift (v0.31)
description: API reference for qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.QDrift in qiskit v0.31
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: class
python_api_name: qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.QDrift
---
# QDrift
<Class id="qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.QDrift" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-aqua/tree/stable/0.9/qiskit/aqua/operators/evolutions/trotterizations/qdrift.py" signature="QDrift(reps=1)" modifiers="class">
Bases: `qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.trotterizations.trotterization_base.TrotterizationBase`
The QDrift Trotterization method, which selects each each term in the Trotterization randomly, with a probability proportional to its weight. Based on the work of Earl Campbell in [https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08017](https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08017).
**Parameters**
**reps** (`int`) The number of times to repeat the Trotterization circuit.
## Methods
<span id="qiskit-aqua-operators-evolutions-qdrift-convert" />
### convert
<Function id="qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.QDrift.convert" signature="QDrift.convert(operator)">
Convert a `SummedOp` into a `ComposedOp` or `CircuitOp` representing an approximation of e^-i\*\`\`op\_sum\`\`.
**Parameters**
**operator** (`OperatorBase`) The `SummedOp` to evolve.
**Return type**
`OperatorBase`
**Returns**
The Operator approximating op\_sums evolution.
**Raises**
**TypeError** A non-SummedOps Operator is passed into `convert`.
</Function>
## Attributes
### reps
<Attribute id="qiskit.aqua.operators.evolutions.QDrift.reps">
The number of repetitions to use in the Trotterization, improving the approximation accuracy.
**Return type**
`int`
</Attribute>
</Class>