How does a quantum computer actually execute an algorithm if measurement destroys the quantum state?

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CMPunk96

This confuses me. Every explanation says measuring a qubit destroys its quantum state. But you need to measure results to know if the algorithm worked. How does that work?

NicholasCleverley

Great observation. The trick is you don't measure until the end. The quantum computation runs with qubits in superposition throughout. Only at the final step do you measure
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