Converting modules.root plots to ascii format

Feature Requests / Discussions
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Hello is there a way to get a selected number of plots in ascii format. Or is there a way to convert plots in modules.root in ascii format? I am very new to root. I know that [TextWriter] module is there but I believe it just gives us data.root file into data.txt. However, I need modules.root into ascii.

Thanks!

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Hi Sanchit,

you can open the ROOT file and then print it to ASCII like this (using the pixel charge histogram as an example):

$ root -l modules.root
DefaultDigitizer->cd();
my_detector->cd();
pixelcharge->Print("all"); > pixelcharge.txt

Some more information on this is provided in this thread of the ROOT forum:

https://root-forum.cern.ch/t/histogram-to-ascii/14080

Cheers,
Simon