Hi Andrew - I hope this will help: >grep Text_t $ROOTSYS/include/Rtypes.h typedef char Text_t; //General string best, Pasha ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Askew (padley) writes: > Hi ROOTers, > > This may sound like a trivial question, but I'm somewhat befuddled by the > variable type Text_t. Many function prototypes take this argument for > their text boxes etc., but actually knowing how to work with this > construct is not clear to me. The only definition its given in the > Classes and Members Reference Guide is: > Text_t........Generic String > > Does that mean one treats its instantiation like a char array? Its > obvious that this and the TString type are in no way inheritence related > at least, but what operations are defined for Text_t? How does one > construct Text_ts with more than just one char (this is all I can get it > to do at the moment, is instantiate a Text_t with one character, which is > not terribly useful)? > > Andrew
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