Making single PDFs

Functions
PDF *	LHAPDF::mkPDF (const std::string &setname, size_t member)
PDF *	LHAPDF::mkPDF (int lhaid)
PDF *	LHAPDF::mkPDF (const std::string &setname_nmem)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

PDF* LHAPDF::mkPDF	(	const std::string &	setname,
		size_t	member
	)

Create a new PDF with the given PDF set name and member ID.

Returns a 'new'ed PDF by pointer. The caller is responsible for deletion of the created object.

Examples:

/examples/compatibility.cc, /examples/testpdf.cc, /tests/testalphas.cc, and /tests/testgrid.cc.

PDF* LHAPDF::mkPDF

(

int

lhaid

)

Create a new PDF with the given LHAPDF ID code.

Returns a 'new'ed PDF by pointer. The caller is responsible for deletion of the created object.

PDF* LHAPDF::mkPDF

(

const std::string &

setname_nmem

)

Create a new PDF with the given PDF set name and member ID as a single string.

The format of the setname_nmem string is <setname>/<nmem> where <nmem> must be parseable as a positive integer. The / character is not permitted in set names due to clashes with Unix filesystem path syntax.

If no /<nmem> is given, member number 0 will be used.

Returns a 'new'ed PDF by pointer. The caller is responsible for deletion of the created object.