The command returns the contents of the data frame or the content of the data field. If <name> refers to a data frame, then the result includes the name, the type and the values of each field in the frame. If <name> refers to a field, then the type and the values of the field are listed.
Example: The Boston data and its field "crim" are listed as follows.
NDA> load boston.dat NDA> getdata boston crim 2 13.24500 12.00200 0.001000 30.00000 ... zn 2 1.200030 1.430000 ... NDA> getdata boston.crim crim 2 13.24500 12.00200 0.001000 30.00000 ...