hist101_RDataFrame_Hist.C File Reference

Detailed Description

Filling RHist using RDataFrame.

 
#include <ROOT/RDataFrame.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RHist.hxx>
#include <ROOT/Hist/ConvertToTH1.hxx>
#include <TCanvas.h>
#include <TH1.h>
 
void hist101_RDataFrame_Hist()
{
   // Create a data frame with 100 rows.
   ROOT::RDataFrame df(100);
 
   // Define a new column that will be used to fill the histogram.
   auto dfX = df.Define("x",
                        [](ULong64_t e) {
                           double v = std::exp(0.1 * e);
                           return std::fmod(v, 20.0);
                        },
                        {"rdfentry_"});
 
   // Create the histogram with 40 bins from 0.0 to 20.0.
   auto hist = dfX.Hist(40, {0.0, 20.0}, "x");
 
   // Print (some of) the global statistics.
   std::cout << "entries = " << hist->GetNEntries();
   std::cout << ", mean = " << hist->ComputeMean();
   std::cout << ", stddev = " << hist->ComputeStdDev();
   std::cout << "\n";
 
   // Convert the histogram to TH1D.
   auto h1 = ROOT::Experimental::Hist::ConvertToTH1D(*hist);
 
   // Draw the converted TH1D.
   auto *c = new TCanvas("c", "", 10, 10, 900, 500);
   h1->DrawCopy("", "x");
}

entries = 100, mean = 8.2544, stddev = 5.95187

Date

February 2026

Author

The ROOT Team

Definition in file hist101_RDataFrame_Hist.C.