[R] .rda vs. .RData

[Ista Zahn]

Hi Jeff.

Can you point me toward the documentation for "rda saves content of
one variable, with no associated name"? I don't seem to find it in
?save ?load etc.

Thanks,
Ista

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jeff Newmiller
<jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> No, RData saves both the variable name and corresponding content of multiple variables.  rda saves content of one variable, with no associated name.  The latter allows for greater flexibility in importing the data later into different working environments, the former is convenient for recreating a particular working environment.
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> "Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Are they the same with .RData being the newer format?  Thanks,
>>
>>...Tao
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