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--- root:ttreedraw [2012/07/13 11:09] – bursche
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-To apply a function in TTree::Draw it must be known to CINT.
+====== TTree::Draw() ======
+===== Basic Usage =====
+The ''Draw()''-Method of TTrees is a very useful tool to quickly create histograms.
+The following code creates a histogram with the default settings.
+<code c++>
+TFile file("myfile.root");
+TTree *tree = file.Get("mytree");
+tree->Draw("myvar");
+</code>
+Alternatively the name of the histogram to be created can be given or the data can be added to an existing histogram.
+<code c++>
+tree->Draw("myvar>>myhist(10,0,100)");     // create a new histogram *myhist* with 10 bins between 0 and 100
+TH1F *hist = gPad->GetPrimitive("myhist"); // create a pointer to the new histogram
+tree->Draw("myvar>>+myhist");              // add additional entries to *myhist*
+</code>
+For more information have a look at [[http://root.cern.ch/root/html/TTree#TTree:Draw@2|the official TTree::Draw documentation]].
+===== Useful Tricks =====
+==== Using a Custom Function in TTree::Draw ====
+You can define a custom function and use it in the expression of TTree::Draw.
+To apply such a function it must be known to CINT.
 This can be done with ProcessLineSync

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