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--- root:strings [2010/11/10 10:39] – created nchiap
+++ root:strings [2010/11/10 12:01] (current) – nchiap
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 ====== String manipulation ======
+For more details see the [[http://root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/TString.html | TString Reference]].
 ==== Substring ====
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 // e.g: remove S charachters form start and E from end
-TString histName = filename(S, filename.Length()-S-E);
+TString new = old(S, old.Length()-S-E);
 </code>
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 </code>
-If your variable is a TString, you need to convert it first
+If your variable is a TString, you need to pass the underlying char array
 <code C++>
-TString string = Form("My TString is %s", (char*) tstring);
+TString string = Form("My TString is %s", tstring.Data() );
 </code>
 The function follows [[http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstdio/printf/| printf]]-syntax

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