Re: [ROOT] TTree::Draw into a predefined frame

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 08:49:29 MET


Hi Thomas,

Create a canvas, say TCanvas *c1, then
  c1->DrawFrame(2000,-800,2800,800);
  t200->Draw("x:z","","same");

Rene Brun

Thomas Schietinger wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to draw the entries of an ntuple into
> a given frame. In PAW (sorry...) this was rather easy:
> 
>   null 2000 2800 -800 800
>   nt/plot 200.x%z ! ! ! ! s
> 
> >From various examples I find online I gather that
> a TH2F and the "same" option should give me a similar
> result:
> 
>   TH2F *TA1xz = new TH2F("TA1xz","TA1 x-z",100,2000,2800,100,-800,800);
>   TA1xz->Draw();
>   t200->Draw("x:z","","same");
> 
> However, this just gives me the empty histogram,
> no trace of the ntuple! (Canvas update doesn't help
> either.) Of course I can draw directly into the histogram,
> 
>   TH2F *TA1xz = new TH2F("TA1xz","TA1 x-z",100,2000,2800,100,-800,800);
>   t200->Draw("x:z>>TA1xz");
>   TA1xz->Draw();
> 
> but then all structures are washed out by the histogram
> binning (unless I go to unreasonably fine binning).
> Another work-around would be the application of cuts,
> but I would *really* like to decide for myself where
> exactly my plot starts (important for comparisons etc.).
> So why does the first method above not work, or is there
> another way to solve my problem, 2D tree drawing with
> predefined boundaries?
> 
> Any advice much appreciated! Thanks,
> 
> Thomas



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