// This script illustrates the danger of using asymmetric symbols. // Non-symmetric symbols should be used carefully in plotting. // These two graphs show how misleading a careless use of symbols can be. // The two plots represent the same data sets but because of a bad symbol // choice, the two plots on the top appear further apart than for the bottom // example. //Author: Olivier Couet void markerwarning() { const int Nph = 14; double np_ph[Nph] = {353.4,300.2,254.3,215.2,181.0,151.3,125.2,102.7, 83.3, 66.7, 52.5, 40.2, 30.2, 22.0}; double nc_ph[Nph] = {3.890,3.734,3.592,3.453,3.342,3.247,3.151,3.047, 2.965,2.858,2.701,2.599,2.486,2.328}; double npe_ph[Nph] = {10.068,9.004,8.086,7.304,6.620,6.026,5.504,5.054, 4.666,4.334,4.050,3.804,3.604,3.440}; double nce_ph[Nph] = {0.235,0.217,0.210,0.206,0.213,0.223,0.239,0.260, 0.283,0.318,0.356,0.405,0.465,0.545}; const int Nbr = 6; double np_br[Nbr] = {357.0,306.0,239.0,168.0,114.0, 73.0}; double nc_br[Nbr] = {3.501,3.275,3.155,3.060,3.053,3.014}; double npe_br[Nbr] = {8.000,11.000,10.000,9.000,9.000,8.000}; double nce_br[Nbr] = {0.318,0.311,0.306,0.319,0.370,0.429}; TGraphErrors *phUP = new TGraphErrors(Nph,np_ph,nc_ph,npe_ph,nce_ph); TGraphErrors *phDN = new TGraphErrors(Nph,np_ph,nc_ph,npe_ph,nce_ph); TGraphErrors *brUP = new TGraphErrors(Nbr,np_br,nc_br,npe_br,nce_br); TGraphErrors *brDN = new TGraphErrors(Nbr,np_br,nc_br,npe_br,nce_br); float Top_margin = 0.; float Left_margin = 0.025; float Right_margin = 0.005; float maxPlotPart = 395; float Marker_Size = 1.3; int Marker_Style = 8; float Et_200_Min = 0.71; float Et_200_Max = 3.80; float Et_130_Min = 1.21; float Et_130_Max = 3.29; float Nc_200_Min = 1.31; float Nc_200_Max = 4.30; float Nc_130_Min = 1.51; float Nc_130_Max = 3.89; TCanvas *canvasNc = new TCanvas("canvasNc", "Multiplicity",630,10,600,500); gStyle->SetOptStat(0); canvasNc->SetFillColor(10); canvasNc->SetBorderSize(0); // Primitives in Nc200 pad TPad *padNcUP = new TPad("padNcUP","200 GeV",0.07,0.60,1.,1.00); padNcUP->Draw(); padNcUP->cd(); padNcUP->SetFillColor(10); padNcUP->SetFrameFillColor(10); padNcUP->SetBorderSize(0); padNcUP->SetLeftMargin(Left_margin); padNcUP->SetRightMargin(Right_margin); padNcUP->SetTopMargin(Top_margin+0.005); padNcUP->SetBottomMargin(0.00); TH1F* frameNcUP = new TH1F("frameNcUP","",100,0,maxPlotPart); frameNcUP->GetYaxis()->SetLabelOffset(0.005); frameNcUP->GetYaxis()->SetLabelSize(0.10); frameNcUP->SetMinimum(Nc_200_Min); frameNcUP->SetMaximum(Nc_200_Max); frameNcUP->SetNdivisions(505,"Y"); frameNcUP->SetNdivisions(505,"X"); frameNcUP->Draw(); brUP->SetMarkerStyle(22); brUP->SetMarkerSize (2.0); brUP->Draw("P"); phDN->SetMarkerStyle(23); phDN->SetMarkerSize (2); phDN->Draw("P"); canvasNc->cd(); // Primitives in Nc130 pad TPad *padNcDN = new TPad("padNcDN","130 GeV",0.07,0.02,1.,0.60); padNcDN->Draw(); padNcDN->cd(); padNcDN->SetFillColor(10); padNcDN->SetFrameFillColor(10); padNcDN->SetBorderSize(0); padNcDN->SetLeftMargin(Left_margin); padNcDN->SetRightMargin(Right_margin); padNcDN->SetTopMargin(Top_margin+0.005); padNcDN->SetBottomMargin(0.30); TH1F* frameNcDN = new TH1F("frameNcDN","",100,0,maxPlotPart); frameNcDN->GetYaxis()->SetLabelOffset(0.005); frameNcDN->GetYaxis()->SetLabelSize(0.07); frameNcDN->GetXaxis()->SetLabelOffset(0.005); frameNcDN->GetXaxis()->SetLabelSize(0.07); frameNcDN->SetMinimum(Nc_200_Min); frameNcDN->SetMaximum(Nc_200_Max); frameNcDN->SetNdivisions(505,"Y"); frameNcDN->SetNdivisions(505,"X"); frameNcDN->Draw(); brDN->SetMarkerStyle(23); brDN->SetMarkerSize (2.0); brDN->Draw("P"); phUP->SetMarkerStyle(22); phUP->SetMarkerSize (2); phUP->Draw("P"); TLatex t1; t1.SetTextFont(12); t1.SetTextSize(0.0525); t1.DrawLatex(-5,0.6,"Non-symmetric symbols should be used carefully in plotting. \ These two graphs show how misleading"); t1.DrawLatex(-5,0.4,"a careless use of symbols can be. The two plots represent \ the same data sets but because of a bad"); t1.DrawLatex(-5,0.2,"symbol choice, the two plots on the top appear further apart \ than for the bottom example."); canvasNc->cd(); }