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--- root:ttreedraw [2012/07/12 20:04] – created bursche
+++ root:ttreedraw [2013/06/14 11:41] (current) – nchiap
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-To apply a fuction 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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 If one of those is missing you get an error (even though it may still work).
-Data structures (like histogramms) can be stored in a global pointer known to cint.
+Data structures (like histograms) can be stored in a global pointer known to cint.
-These can be defined and inititalised in another call of ProcessLineSync.
+These can be defined and initialised in another call of ProcessLineSync.
 <code python >
 h = ROOT.TH1D("myHist","",0,1,10)
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 }
 </file>
+===== Pitfalls =====
+==== Unable to add to existing histograms ====
+Adding data to an existing histogram will fail, if any file was opened after creating the histogram!
+TTree::Draw() searches for the named histogram in the active directory - and this is changed when opening a file.
+To avoid this make sure to load the input files before you create any histograms or
+create a storage file and switch back there after opening any files:
+<code c++>
+TFile tmp("tmp.root", "recreate");
+float bins[] = {0, 10, 20, 40, 80};
+TH1F  myhist("myhist", "myhist", 4, bins)
+TFile file("myinput.root");
+TTree *tree = file.Get("mytree");
+tmp.cd()
+tree->Draw("myvar>>+myhist");
+</code>

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