Re: [ROOT] TTree->Draw does not accept "=" as Boolean operation

From: Fons Rademakers (Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 14:24:29 MET


Hi Malcolm,

 try "theta==25" (C/C++ convention).


Cheers, Fons.


On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 02:13:58PM +0000, Malcolm Davidson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using the TTree Draw method for displaying histograms and was very
> surprised that the following
> worked:
> 
> iem_data->Draw("shh:reps","theta <=25") // Draw all coefficients for
> incidence angles le to 25 degrees
> 
> whereas the following did not (I do have theta's = 25 in the ntuple)
> 
> root [7] iem_data->Draw("shh:reps","theta=25")
> iem_data->Draw("shh:reps","theta=25")
> *ERROR 26 :
>  Unknown name : "theta=25"
> (Int_t)(-1)
> 
> Is this normal ? It seems to me that the equal condition is quite
> important as well ?
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 
> Malcolm
> 
> p.s. I am using root compiled on Linux Mandrake 7.2 (i386).
> 
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