source: git/examples/Example1.C@ acf622f

/*
Simple macro showing how to access branches from the delphes output root file,
loop over events, and plot simple quantities such as the jet pt and the di-electron invariant
mass. 

root -l examples/Example1.C'("delphes_output.root")'
*/

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

void Example1(const char *inputFile)
{
  gSystem->Load("libDelphes");

  // Create chain of root trees
  TChain chain("Delphes");
  chain.Add(inputFile);
  
  // Create object of class ExRootTreeReader
  ExRootTreeReader *treeReader = new ExRootTreeReader(&chain);
  Long64_t numberOfEntries = treeReader->GetEntries();
  
  // Get pointers to branches used in this analysis
  TClonesArray *branchJet = treeReader->UseBranch("Jet");
  TClonesArray *branchElectron = treeReader->UseBranch("Electron");
  
  // Book histograms
  TH1 *histJetPT = new TH1F("jet_pt", "jet P_{T}", 100, 0.0, 100.0);
  TH1 *histMass = new TH1F("mass", "M_{inv}(e_{1}, e_{2})", 100, 40.0, 140.0);

  // Loop over all events
  for(Int_t entry = 0; entry < numberOfEntries; ++entry)
  {
    // Load selected branches with data from specified event
    treeReader->ReadEntry(entry);
  
    // If event contains at least 1 jet
    if(branchJet->GetEntries() > 0)
    {
      // Take first jet
      Jet *jet = (Jet*) branchJet->At(0);
      
      // Plot jet transverse momentum
      histJetPT->Fill(jet->PT);
      
      // Print jet transverse momentum
      cout << "Jet pt: "<<jet->PT << endl;
    }

    Electron *elec1, *elec2;

    // If event contains at least 2 electrons
    if(branchElectron->GetEntries() > 1)
    {
      // Take first two electrons
      elec1 = (Electron *) branchElectron->At(0);
      elec2 = (Electron *) branchElectron->At(1);

      // Plot their invariant mass
      histMass->Fill(((elec1->P4()) + (elec2->P4())).M());
    }
  }

  // Show resulting histograms
  histJetPT->Draw();
  histMass->Draw();
}