Re: [BLAST_ANAWARE] dst question

From: vitaliy ziskin (vziskin@mit.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 31 2004 - 17:28:29 EDT


Chi,
that's exactly what I do.
I do :

dst.Open(...)
.....................
dst.GetEntry(iev)

Both dst.fEvent->fNEpics and dst.fEvent.fNScaler give me non-zero
value, but the values of epics and scaler variables are zero.

                                                                   Vitaliy

Chi Zhang wrote:

>Hi, next time, maybe paste the relevant code blocks which makes it easier
>than to guess what might be wrong.
>
>if you do:
> TBLDst dst;
> dst.Open(...);
> dst.GetEntry(i); // here dst is a TBLDst Object
>then dst.fEpics and dst.fScaler should be filled.
>
>if you do:
> TBLDst dst;
> dst.Open(...);
> dst.dst->GetEntry(i); // dst.dst being a ROOT Tree
>then dst.fEpics and dst.fScaler would be empty.
>
>TBLDst::GetEntry(int) is a wrapper arround TTree::GetEntry(int) which
>after calling TTree::GetEntry(int i) upon dst::dst, executes:
>
> if (fEvent->fNEpics>-1 && fEvent->fNEpics<nepics) {
> nbits += epics ->GetEntry(fEvent->fNEpics);
> while(fFill->fFillNumber<fEpics->fFillNumber) {
> GetNextFill();
> }
> }
> else
> fEpics->Clear(true);
>
> if (fEvent->fNScaler>-1 && fEvent->fNScaler<nscaler)
> nbits += scaler->GetEntry(fEvent->fNScaler);
> else
> fScaler->Clear(true);
>
>Try use TBLDst::GetEntry(int).
>
>Also after TBLDst::GetEntry(), if dst.fEpics and dst.fScaler are still
>empty, try:
> cout<<dst.fEvent->fNEpics<<" "<<dst.fEvent.fNScaler<<endl;
>if they are -1 then this physics event is not linked to any epics/scaler
>events. then dst.fEpics and dst.fScaler should be empty too.
>
>if these numbers are none 0 yet you still have empty fEpics and fScaler,
>then there s a problem I need to fix.
>
>Physics events not linked to scaler events might be problematic in terms
>of integrated charge. those not linked to epics events might be less of a
>problem.
>
>Chi
>
>On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, vitaliy ziskin wrote:
>
>
>
>>When I try to get information about dst.fEpics and dst.fScaler variables
>>I get all zeros (for example dst.fEpics->fFillNumber). dst.fEvent seems
>>to work ok. Why is that? Does this mean that the scaler and epics info
>>is not loaded into the dst? I'm using runs 8138 and 8136.
>>
>> I would appreciate your help,
>>Vitaliy
>>
>>
>>



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