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+===== 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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