Using "file->Get()" with compiled code

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Hello ROOTers,

I would very much appreciate some help on a small problem with a standard physics analysis.

Within the analysis I process two data sets, loaded separately within a class header file using TChain. The first set is run through and a .root file of histograms written to. The second run accesses this .root file using:

TFile *myfile = new TFile("mydata.root");

The histograms within this file are then drawn in the second run using:

TH1F* mypointer = static_cast<TH1F*>(myfile->Get("myhist")); myhist->Draw("E1");

When I load my .C file using:

Everything is okay, ROOT sorts things out for me. However, it takes much longer. So compiling using:

Improves the run-time greatly. The problems is, the following error is raised:

`myhist' was not declared in this scope warning: unused variable mypointer

Any help with this matter would be much appreciated. I am running version 5.22/00.
Thanks for your time,

Peter

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Hello again,

I’ve found a resolution to the problem. Not a big one at that!

Thanks anyway,

Peter

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Hi,

Rather thanTH1F* mypointer = static_cast<TH1F*>(myfile->Get("myhist")); myhist->Draw("E1"); you should use:TH1F* mypointer; myfile->GetObject("myhist",mypointer); mypointer->Draw("E1"); . Note that the real problem (for the compile code) is that you are not using the variable you just declared!

Cheers,
Philippe.

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Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the tips. And yes, like I said - it wasn’t a big problem in the end! Previously, before I had compiled the code, ROOT must have worked round my error for me and used the pointer instead. Was a bit of an “oh, right” moment when I realised.

Cheers,

Peter