TTree Draw Length$ of std::vector<float> with selection

[bleu65]

Hello,

I have a tree with std::vector of coordinates (x,y,z,px,py,pz, pdgID, parentID etc). The size of the vector varies from event to event. I would like to use TTree::Draw to histogram the number of values in the vector matching my selection. I see the Length$ variable and Length$(formula) in the manual. I’ve tried the following but with no success:

// this works -> just length of vector in each event - fine - but need the selection
tree->Draw(“Length$(x)”, “”)

// I only have one ‘primary’ with parentID==0 so this should be one in each event, but is the same as before
tree->Draw(“Length$(x)”, “pz>0&&parentID==0”)

// similarly doesn’t work
tree->Draw(“Length$(x)*(pz>0&&parentID==0)”, “”")

As an example, in event 0 there are 32 values in each vector of coordinates. 12 are electrons. If I use my selection pdgID==11, I would like a single file of the histogram with the value 12.

Is this possible?

Many thanks,
Laurie

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ROOT Version: 6.18
Platform: Mac OSX 10.14.6
Compiler: Apple LLVM version 10.0.1 (clang-1001.0.46.4)

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[pcanal]

Try

tree->Draw("Sum$(pz>0&&parentID==0)");

Cheers,
Philippe.

[bleu65]

Ah ha - sum of Booleans - brilliant.

Thanks,
Laurie