title: Loading someone else's .rdata file, can't access the data
body: <p>My professor has sent me an .rdata file and wants me to do some analysis on the contents. Although I'm decent with R, I've never saved my work in .rdata files, and consequently haven't ever worked with them.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to load the file, it looks like it's working:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; load('/home/swansone/Desktop/anes.rdata')
  &gt; ls()
  [1] "25383-0001-Data"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I can't seem to get at the data:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; names("25383-0001-Data")
  NULL
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know that there is data in the .rdata file (it's 13 MB, there's definitely a lot in there) Am I doing something wrong? I'm at a loss.</p>
  
  <p>Edit: </p>
  
  <p>I should note, I've also tried not using quotes:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; names(25383-0001-Data)
  Error: object "Data" not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And renaming:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; ls()[1] &lt;- 'nes'
  Error in ls()[1] &lt;- "nes" : invalid (NULL) left side of assignment
  </code></pre>