Hi Chris, We will investigate the problem and will let you know. PS. When communicating to roottalk, avoid sending large files. Even small files around 1 Mbyte generate a lot of network traffic when sent to several thousand people. Rene Brun Chris Roat wrote: > > I am using 3.00-06 on a Pentium machine running RedHat 7.1. > > Your example works for me. Thank you. > > I've attached the root file I'm using. Perhaps you can tell me how it > might have been generated wrong? The boolean variable in question is > ispMicroLoose in the tree ntp100. > > The difference I see is the substitution of /B (my tree) for /b (your > tree) in the branch title. I can change the tree by getting the branch > and using SetTitle on it to change /B to /b. I still have the same > problem. > > To summarize, the second command below actually selects MORE events > than the first, even though additional cuts are applied. It seems to > ignore ispMicroLoose. > > mytree->Draw("p", "ispMicroLoose") > mytree->Draw("p", "p>0&&ispMicroLoose") > > Thanks, > Chris > > *** Today, you (Rene Brun) wrote *** > > | Hi Chris, > | > | I do not see any problems with booleans. In the attachment you will > | find a variant of the standard tutorial tree1.C with a boolean variable. > | You can play with it with the type of selection in your mail. > | > | I take once more this opportunity to request that: > | - the ROOT version number and the machine be specified in the mail > | - also always specify a subject in the mail. This facilitates the archiving > | and the search. > | > | Rene Brun > | > | Chris Roat wrote: > | > > | > Hello Rooters, > | > > | > I am not clear on to use booleans work in complex (>1 cut) selection > | > expressions. For instance, if I have a tree with 2 floats, floatA and > | > floatB, and a bool, boolA, I try the following 4 cases. > | > > | > Note: In my tree, all floatB's are greater than zero. The cut is included > | > to illustrate my problem. boolA's are both true and false. > | > > | > a) tree->Draw("floatA", "floatB>0") > | > b) tree->Draw("floatA", "boolA") > | > c) tree->Draw("floatA", "(floatB>0)&&(boolA)") > | > d) tree->Draw("floatA", "(floatB>0)*(boolA)") > | > > | > As expected, a) produces a plot of the full tree. > | > > | > As expected, b) produces a plot of the tree subset where bool is true. > | > > | > NOT as expected, c) & d) produced a plot of the whole tree. Somehow my > | > bool test is not included in the selection criteria. > | > > | > What am I doing incorrectly? > | > > | > Thanks for your help, > | > Chris > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Name: ntp100-bpc.root.orig > ntp100-bpc.root.orig Type: unspecified type (APPLICATION/octet-stream) > Encoding: BASE64 > Description: ROOT FILE
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