TGTextEntry as input for TCut

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1

Hi rooters,
I’m trying to build a GUI and in my code I can insert a string as input using a TGTextEntry .

Now I want to use this string as selection for a tree.

Let’s say my tree has three variables x,y and z.
And if I wrote in my TGTextEntry “x>0” everything works fine.
But I cannot find a way to use a previous declared TCut cut1 =“y>0”.

Is there a way to associate the input string “cut” in TGTextEntry to the TCut variable cut1?
Or also better is it possible convert the input string of the type "cut1 && “z>0” " in a TCut selection?

Many thanks in advance,
Stefano

2

Hi,

Do you have a running macro showing what you’re trying to do?

Cheers, Bertrand.

3

This is are the relevant part of my code

The initialization of the TGTextEntry

TPulseViewer::TPulseViewer(){

//code

fEntryCutExpression = new TGTextEntry(fMain,"TCut Expression");
fMain->AddFrame(fEntryCutExpression, new TGLayoutHints(kLHintsCenterX,5,5,3,4));
fEntryCutExpression->Connect("ReturnPressed()","TPulseViewer",this,"Apply()");
//other code
}

And where apply the cut

void TPulseViewer::Apply()
{
    fTCutExpression = fEntryCutExpression->GetText();

    fChain->Draw(">>list",fTCutExpression))
    fEventList=(TEventList*)gROOT->FindObject("list");
    
    if(fEventList->GetN()>0)
        fEventListIndex = 0;
    
    
}

And I have also declared a
TCut DetA = “ModuelID==0”
which is the one I want use as input

TPulseViewer.h (1.9 KB)
TPulseViewer.cpp (7.2 KB)

4

and what about fEntryCutExpression->SetText(DetA.GetTitle(), kFALSE);, or fEntryCutExpression->SetText(DetA.GetName(), kFALSE); (just trying to guess here…)

5

Works but not in the way I intended.
I’ll try to explain myself better.

What I’m try to implement is use any string written in the TCut way as an actual TCut.

So if I have declared
TCut DetA=“ModuleID==0”

I’d like to use the string “DetA” or "DetA && “x>0” " for my tree selection.
Like If I wrote

tree->Draw(“x”,DetA) or tree->Draw(“x”,DetA && “x>0”)

Thanks,
Stefano

6

Sorry, but there is no easy way of translating a string into an object…

7

Ok, thanks a lot for the help.

Stefano

8

I’m confused this is listed as a possibility in the TCut documentation:

9

What I want to do is a little do bit different.

It’s like I have already defined a TCut c1 and I’d like to define a new TCut in this way

TCut c2 = "c1 && \"y<1\" ";

Because in the gui can I have only string as input.