How can I load an object into a variable name that I specify from an R data file?

Question

When you save a variable in an R data file using save, it is saved under whatever name it had in the session that saved it. When I later go to load it from anot

Answer 1

You could also try something like:

# Load the data, and store the name of the loaded object in x
x = load('data.Rsave')
# Get the object by its name
y = get(x)
# Remove the old object since you've stored it in y 
rm(x)