Re: TH1::ProfileX

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Wed Nov 24 1999 - 14:11:46 MET


Hi Rutger,
Thanks for reporting this inconsistency. I fixed the following
functions:
    TH1::ProfileX
    TH1::ProfileY
    TH1::ProjectionX
    TH1::ProjectionY
    TH1::ProjectionZ


Rene Brun

Rutger van der Eijk wrote:
> 
> Hi rooters,
> 
> I'm using TH1::ProfileX on a TH2D to get a profile plot. If I compare this
> profile plot with the same profile made directly (i.e. at the time
> entries in TH2D are filled) I see a slight difference in number of
> entries.
> 
> I was wondering if this has to do with the under and overflow bins. Are
> they correctly taken into account? (Do they actually exist for 2D, 3D
> histograms??)
> 
> I see in TH1::ProfileX
> ...
>   if (firstybin < 0) firstybin = 0;
>   if (lastybin > ny) lastybin = ny;
> ...
> shouldn't this be:
>   if (firstybin < 0) firstybin = 0;
>   if (lastybin > ny + 1) lastybin = ny + 1;
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rutger van der Eijk



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