Re: [ROOT] project a sub range of a histogram

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 14:00:45 MET


To use the [cut] option in Projections, you must use a recent version like
4.01/04

Rene Brun

ddas@veccal.ernet.in wrote:
> 
>  Hello
>  does anybody know how to project subrange of a 2D histogram.
>  I tried using TCutG but somehow could not get the result.
>  I wanted to change by Projection X from value1 to value2 and then plot that part only.
>  Also if somebody can explain what this SetPoint means.
> 
>  Example:
> 
>  {
>     TCanvas *c = new TCanvas("c","example",0,0,700,600);
>     c->Divide(1,2);
> 
>     TCutG *gcut = new TCutG("gcut",8);
>     gcut->SetPoint(0,-0.646552,0.932203);
>     gcut->SetPoint(1,-1.26437,0.105932);
>     gcut->SetPoint(2,-0.574713,-1.10169);
>     gcut->SetPoint(3,0.948276,-0.338983);
>     gcut->SetPoint(4,1.07759,0.720339);
>     gcut->SetPoint(5,-0.316092,-0.0847458);
>     gcut->SetPoint(6,-0.45977,0.402542);
>     gcut->SetPoint(7,-0.646552,0.932203);
> 
>     TFile f("hsimple.root")
>     TH2F *hpxpy = (TH2F*)f.Get("hpxpy");
>     TH1D *hppx = hpxpy->ProjectionX("",1,40,"[gcut]");
> 
>     c->cd(1);
>     hpxpy->SetFillColor(kBlue);
>     hpxpy->DrawCopy("box");
>     hpxpy->SetFillColor(kRed);
>     hpxpy->Draw("same box [gcut]");
> 
>     c->cd(2);
>     hppx->Draw();
>  }
> 
>  thanks again
>  debasish.
> 
>



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