Re: root functions in c++ code

Hi Zoltan,

see
<http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/how-use-root-libraries-xcode-mac-os-x> on CMake and ROOT. I don't know how much of that CMake snippet is Xcode specific - probably nothing.

Cheers, Axel.

Zoltan Seress wrote on 08/23/2010 04:06 PM:
> Hi Mario,
>
> Thank you for the very quick and helpful reply! Now I only have to find
> how to integrate this into a cmake system.
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Mario Kadastik <mario.kadastik_at_cern.ch
> <mailto:mario.kadastik_at_cern.ch>> wrote:
>

>>     Maybe it is a dumb question, but is there a way to call root
>>     functions from a normal c++ code somehow without the use of the
>>     interpreter?
>>     Regards, 


> 

>     Yes, just link your code against ROOT. Here's a compile script I use

>     to compile against both Pythia and ROOT my private C++ code where I

>     use functions from both. 

> 

>     #!/bin/sh

>     g++ -o $1 $1.cc `root-config --cflags --libs --glibs` -L

>     pythia/lib/archive -lpythia8 -llhapdfdummy -I pythia/include

> 

>     the relevant part for you is the root-config part I guess. In the

>     code you then just need to include the necessary header files.. i.e.

> 

>     #include "TFile.h"

>     #include "TH1.h"

>     #include "TH2.h"

>     ...

> 

>     Enjoy,

> 

>     Mario Kadastik, PhD

>     Researcher

> 

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>     that's not why we do it" 

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