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Reference Guide
transpad.C File Reference

Detailed Description

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The second histogram is drawn in a transparent pad

pict1_transpad.C.png
void transpad() {
TCanvas *c1 = new TCanvas("c1","transparent pad",200,10,700,500);
TPad *pad1 = new TPad("pad1","",0,0,1,1);
TPad *pad2 = new TPad("pad2","",0,0,1,1);
pad2->SetFillStyle(4000); //will be transparent
pad1->Draw();
pad1->cd();
TH1F *h1 = new TH1F("h1","h1",100,-3,3);
TH1F *h2 = new TH1F("h2","h2",100,-3,3);
for (Int_t i=0;i<100000;i++) {
Double_t x1 = r.Gaus(-1,0.5);
Double_t x2 = r.Gaus(1,1.5);
if (i <1000) h1->Fill(x1);
h2->Fill(x2);
}
h1->Draw();
pad1->Update(); //this will force the generation of the "stats" box
ps1->SetX1NDC(0.4); ps1->SetX2NDC(0.6);
pad1->Modified();
c1->cd();
//compute the pad range with suitable margins
Double_t ymin = 0;
Double_t ymax = 2000;
Double_t dy = (ymax-ymin)/0.8; //10 per cent margins top and bottom
Double_t xmin = -3;
Double_t xmax = 3;
Double_t dx = (xmax-xmin)/0.8; //10 per cent margins left and right
pad2->Range(xmin-0.1*dx,ymin-0.1*dy,xmax+0.1*dx,ymax+0.1*dy);
pad2->Draw();
pad2->cd();
h2->SetLineColor(kRed);
h2->Draw("][sames");
pad2->Update();
ps2->SetX1NDC(0.65); ps2->SetX2NDC(0.85);
ps2->SetTextColor(kRed);
// draw axis on the right side of the pad
TGaxis *axis = new TGaxis(xmax,ymin,xmax,ymax,ymin,ymax,50510,"+L");
axis->SetLabelColor(kRed);
axis->Draw();
}
Author
Rene Brun

Definition in file transpad.C.