TH1F from TH2F

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#1

Hi everyone,

I’ve got a TH2F histogram, from which I’d like to extract a z vs y TH1F for a given value of x in the TH2F. Is there any method to do this right away? Or would I have to fill the new TH1F’s myself for the values of x I’m interested in?

Thanks in advance!

Alberto.

#2

Are you sure you want to start from a TH2F and not a TH3F. For a TH2F the individual z values are lost, theyr are accumulated in the xy bins.
see TH3F::Project3D

Rene

#3

Thanks for your answer. However, I think I don’t need a TH2F, because I don’t have any variable for the z axis, but it is the frequency of the variables in xy.

I´ll try to make myself clear: I ´m using a TH2F because I´ve got a variable (#1), which I could use a TH1F for, that changes for different values of another variable (#2). So, instead of having lots of TH1F, one for each value of #2, I built a TH2F.

Thing is, I don’ t know, a priori, for which values of #2 will I want a TH1F of #1. That´s why I wanted to build the TH2F first and the extract the TH1F´s.

Alberto.

#4

From a TH2F you can make a projection (TH1D*) via TH2::ProjectionX or Y

Rene

#5

Thanks a lot, that’s just what I needed.

I´ll read the documentation carefully next time before asking.

Alberto.