rfile003_ttree.py

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# \file
# \ingroup ROOT7 tutorial_io
# Demonstrate how to read a TTree with RFile.
#
# Note that, due to how TTree handles lifetime and its relationship with TDirectory, writing TTree through RFile
# is currently unsupported.
#
# \macro_code
# \macro_output
#
# \date 2026-10-12
# \author Giacomo Parolini <giacomo.parolini@cern.ch>
 
import array
import os
 
import ROOT
 
 
def read_ttree_from_rfile(fileName):
    # Open an existing ROOT file for reading (will throw an exception if `fileName` cannot be read).
    # IMPORTANT! This file must remain open while reading data from the tree.
    with ROOT.RFile.Open(fileName) as file:
        # Get back the TTree from the file
        tree = file.Get("tree")
        floatVal = array.array("f", [0])
        tree.SetBranchAddress("floatBranch", floatVal)
 
        for i in range(tree.GetEntries()):
            tree.GetEntry(i)
            print(f"value[{i}] = {floatVal[0]}")
 
 
fileName = "rfile_ttree_py.root"
try:
    # Note that TTree cannot be written to RFile, so we use RDataFrame to write it instead.
    ROOT.RDataFrame(10).Define("floatBranch", "static_cast<float>(rdfentry_)").Snapshot("tree", fileName)
 
    read_ttree_from_rfile(fileName)
    os.remove(fileName)
except FileNotFoundError:
    pass