qiskit/visualization/state_visualization.py
def plot_state_paulivec(rho, title="", figsize=None, color=None):
    """Plot the paulivec representation of a quantum state.

    Plot a bargraph of the mixed state rho over the pauli matrices

    Args:
        rho (ndarray): Numpy array for state vector or density matrix
        title (str): a string that represents the plot title
        figsize (tuple): Figure size in inches.
        color (list or str): Color of the expectation value bars.
    Returns:
         matplotlib.Figure: The matplotlib.Figure of the visualization
    Raises:
        ImportError: Requires matplotlib.
    """
    if not HAS_MATPLOTLIB:
        raise ImportError('Must have Matplotlib installed.')
    rho = _validate_input_state(rho)
    if figsize is None:
        figsize = (7, 5)
    num = int(np.log2(len(rho)))
    labels = list(map(lambda x: x.to_label(), pauli_group(num)))
    values = list(map(lambda x: np.real(np.trace(np.dot(x.to_matrix(), rho))),
                      pauli_group(num)))
    numelem = len(values)
    if color is None:
        color = "#648fff"

    ind = np.arange(numelem)  # the x locations for the groups
    width = 0.5  # the width of the bars
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=figsize)
    ax.grid(zorder=0, linewidth=1, linestyle='--')
    ax.bar(ind, values, width, color=color, zorder=2)
    ax.axhline(linewidth=1, color='k')
    # add some text for labels, title, and axes ticks
    ax.set_ylabel('Expectation value', fontsize=14)
    ax.set_xticks(ind)
    ax.set_yticks([-1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1])
    ax.set_xticklabels(labels, fontsize=14, rotation=70)
    ax.set_xlabel('Pauli', fontsize=14)
    ax.set_ylim([-1, 1])
    ax.set_facecolor('#eeeeee')
    for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks()+ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
        tick.label.set_fontsize(14)
    ax.set_title(title, fontsize=16)
    plt.close(fig)
    return fig
def plot_state_paulivec(rho, title="", figsize=None, color=None):
    """Plot the paulivec representation of a quantum state.

    Plot a bargraph of the mixed state rho over the pauli matrices

    Args:
        rho (ndarray): Numpy array for state vector or density matrix
        title (str): a string that represents the plot title
        figsize (tuple): Figure size in inches.
        color (list or str): Color of the expectation value bars.
    Returns:
         matplotlib.Figure: The matplotlib.Figure of the visualization
    Raises:
        ImportError: Requires matplotlib.
    """
    if not HAS_MATPLOTLIB:
        raise ImportError('Must have Matplotlib installed.')
    rho = _validate_input_state(rho)
    if figsize is None:
        figsize = (7, 5)
    num = int(np.log2(len(rho)))
    labels = list(map(lambda x: x.to_label(), pauli_group(num)))
    values = list(map(lambda x: np.real(np.trace(np.dot(x.to_matrix(), rho))),
                      pauli_group(num)))
    numelem = len(values)
    if color is None:
        color = "#648fff"

    ind = np.arange(numelem)  # the x locations for the groups
    width = 0.5  # the width of the bars
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=figsize)
    ax.grid(zorder=0, linewidth=1, linestyle='--')
    ax.bar(ind, values, width, color=color, zorder=2)
    ax.axhline(linewidth=1, color='k')
    # add some text for labels, title, and axes ticks
    ax.set_ylabel('Expectation value', fontsize=14)
    ax.set_xticks(ind)
    ax.set_yticks([-1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1])
    ax.set_xticklabels(labels, fontsize=14, rotation=70)
    ax.set_xlabel('Pauli', fontsize=14)
    ax.set_ylim([-1, 1])
    ax.set_facecolor('#eeeeee')
    for tick in ax.xaxis.get_major_ticks()+ax.yaxis.get_major_ticks():
        tick.label.set_fontsize(14)
    ax.set_title(title, fontsize=16)
    plt.close(fig)
    return fig
Plot the paulivec representation of a quantum state.

    Plot a bargraph of the mixed state rho over the pauli matrices

    Args:
        rho (ndarray): Numpy array for state vector or density matrix
        title (str): a string that represents the plot title
        figsize (tuple): Figure size in inches.
        color (list or str): Color of the expectation value bars.
    Returns:
         matplotlib.Figure: The matplotlib.Figure of the visualization
    Raises:
        ImportError: Requires matplotlib.