lines = 'Pair Moderate High 1 16.5 16.9 2 17.6 17.2 3 16.9 17.0 4 15.8 16.1 5 18.4 18.2 6 17.5 17.7 7 17.6 17.9 8 16.1 16.0 9 16.8 17.3 10 15.8 16.1 11 16.8 16.5 12 17.3 17.6 13 18.1 18.4 14 17.9 17.2 15 16.4 16.5' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con) DF$Pair = NULL