Optimize GetDifferential function using two sliding windows

Analysis/src/WFAnalysis.cpp

@@ -276,26 +276,41 @@ void WFAnalysis::MedianFilter( Channel* Ch ){
  */
 void WFAnalysis::GetDifferential( Channel* Ch ){
 
+
+
   //Pad the front of the vector with 0s
   for(int bin = 0; bin < Ch->diffSmoothing; bin ++) Ch->vDiff.push_back( 0.0 );
-    // Loop over histogram
-    for( unsigned int bin = Ch->diffSmoothing; bin < Ch->WF_histo->GetNbinsX() - Ch->diffSmoothing ; bin++ ){
-      //decalare temp variable to store the sum before and after the i data point
-      double sum_before = 0;
-      double sum_after = 0;
-      //calculate the sum before and after the i data point
-      for (int i = 0; i < Ch->diffSmoothing; i++  ){
-        sum_before += Ch->WF.at( bin - i );
-        sum_after  += Ch->WF.at( bin + i );
-      }
+
+
+  //decalare temp variable to store the sum before and after the i data point
+  double sum_before = 0;
+  double sum_after = 0;
+
+  // Generate 2 sliding window, sum_before and sum_after
+  // Calculate the sum before and after the start data point
+  for (int i = 1; i <= Ch->diffSmoothing; i++  ){
+    sum_before += Ch->WF.at( Ch->diffSmoothing - i );
+    sum_after  += Ch->WF.at( Ch->diffSmoothing + i );
+  }
+
+  // Loop over histogram
+  for( unsigned int bin = Ch->diffSmoothing; bin < Ch->WF_histo->GetNbinsX() - Ch->diffSmoothing - 1 ; bin++ ){
         //set the bin to the calculated derivative value
         Ch->vDiff.push_back( sum_after - sum_before);
         Ch->FirstDerivative->SetBinContent(bin,(sum_after - sum_before));
 
+        // Move the sum_before window forward
+        sum_before += Ch->WF.at( bin );
+        sum_before -= Ch->WF.at( bin - Ch->diffSmoothing );
+
+        // Move the sum_after window forward
+        sum_after -= Ch->WF.at( bin + 1);
+        sum_after += Ch->WF.at( bin + Ch->diffSmoothing + 1);
+
     }//end derivative loop
 
     //Pad the back of the vector with 0s
-    for(int bin = 0; bin < Ch->diffSmoothing; bin ++) Ch->vDiff.push_back( 0.0 );
+    for(int bin = 0; bin <= Ch->diffSmoothing; bin ++) Ch->vDiff.push_back( 0.0 );
 }
 
 /** @brief GetRMS method for WFAnalysis