export.root {xps} | R Documentation

## Export data from ROOT file

### Description

Export data as text files directly from a `ROOT` file.

### Usage

    export.root(datafile = character(0), schemefile = character(0), treeset = character(0), treename = "*", treetype = character(0), varlist = "*", outfile = character(0), sep = "\t", as.dataframe = FALSE, verbose = TRUE)

### Arguments

`datafile` | name of ROOT data file including full path
`schemefile` | name of ROOT scheme file including full path
`treeset` | name of subdirectory in ROOT file where trees are stored
`treename` | name of ROOT tree to export.
`treetype` | type of tree(s) to export, see `validTreetype`.
`varlist` | names of tree leaves to export.
`outfile` | name of output file.
`sep` | column separator
`as.dataframe` | if `TRUE` a data.frame will be returned.
`verbose` | logical, if `TRUE` print status information.

### Details

Export data as text files directly from a `ROOT` file.

### Value

If `as.dataframe` is `TRUE`, the data will be imported into the current R session as `data.frame`. Otherwise, `NULL` will be returned.

### Author(s)

Christian Stratowa

### See Also

`export`, `export-methods`

### Examples

    ## export data directly from root file
    schemefile <- paste(.path.package("xps"),"schemes/SchemeTest3.root",sep="/")
    datafile   <- paste(.path.package("xps"),"rootdata/DataTest3_cel.root",sep="/")
    data <- export.root(datafile, schemefile, "DataSet", "*", "cel", "*", "DataOutFile.txt", as.dataframe = TRUE,verbose=FALSE)
    head(data)

[Package xps version 1.0.2 Index]