Dear all, How do I normalize a histogram to unit area? I am new to ROOT and I have looked the documentation but I don’t really understand. I would appreciate you help. Thanks a lot, Steven

Pepe_Le_Pew March 3, 2016, 6:13am 2

Different ways of normalizing histograms ROOT

Hi everyone, I’m a new user of both ROOT and RootTalk so please pardon my ignorance. I’ve been trying to normalize several histograms, and when I search in RootTalk, a multitude of ways comes up. How do I know which one is “right”? What is the difference between the following methods? Here are the 4 methods I tried: Method 1: Double_t num = h->GetBinContent(i); Double_t den = h->GetBinWidth(i); Double_t value = 0; if (den!=0) { value = num/den; h->SetBinContent(i,value); } Met…

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Normalize histogram to unit area