candleplot.C File Reference

Detailed Description

Example of candle plot with 2-D histograms.

void candleplot() {

   gStyle->SetTimeOffset(0);
   TRandom *rand = new TRandom();
   TDatime *dateBegin = new TDatime(2010,1,1,0,0,0);
   TDatime *dateEnd = new TDatime(2011,1,1,0,0,0);

   TH2I *h1 = new TH2I("h1","Machine A + B",12,dateBegin->Convert(),dateEnd->Convert(),1000,0,1000);
   TH2I *h2 = new TH2I("h2","Machine B",12,dateBegin->Convert(),dateEnd->Convert(),1000,0,1000);

   h1->GetXaxis()->SetTimeDisplay(1);
   h1->GetXaxis()->SetTimeFormat("%m/%y");
   h1->GetXaxis()->SetTitle("Date [month/year]");

   float Rand;
   for (int i = dateBegin->Convert(); i < dateEnd->Convert(); i+=86400*30) {
      for (int j = 0; j < 1000; j++) {
         Rand = rand->Gaus(500+sin(i/10000000.)*100,50); h1->Fill(i,Rand);
         Rand = rand->Gaus(500+sin(i/11000000.)*100,70); h2->Fill(i,Rand);
      }
   }

   h1->SetBarWidth(0.4);
   h1->SetBarOffset(-0.25);
   h1->SetFillColor(kYellow);
   h1->SetFillStyle(1001);

   h2->SetBarWidth(0.4);
   h2->SetBarOffset(0.25);
   h2->SetLineColor(kRed);
   h2->SetFillColor(kGreen);

   TCanvas *c1 = new TCanvas();

   h1->Draw("candle2");
   h2->Draw("candle3 same");

   gPad->BuildLegend(0.78,0.695,0.980,0.935,"","f");
}

Author

Georg Troska

Definition in file candleplot.C.