Re: Coping with TTrees...

From: Nick van Eijndhoven (Nick@phys.uu.nl)
Date: Tue Aug 17 1999 - 13:46:09 MEST


"Andrew Askew (padley)" wrote:
> 
> Hello Root-meisters!
> 
> I need to find a way to get data (actual NUMBERS) out of a TTree and into
> an ASCII file so that I can run an analysis program over it.  As strange
> as it may sound, I am unable to intuit a way to get this sort of thing OUT
> of a TTree.  Getting data from an ASCII file INTO a TTree is a well known
> solution.  The only references I've seen have been to a rather arcane
> array of calls to TBranches (ad nausea) and use of the Event class.  As I
> have a much different list of variables here, so I simply (in a manner of
> speaking) need to write my own event class, with its own Track variables
> to handle this?
> 
> Andrew Askew

Hi Andrew,
Just use the TTree::MakeCode() or TTree::MakeClass() to obtain a skeleton
with which you can then do whatever you need. 
-- 

                                              Cheers,
                                               Nick.

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