lines = 'Block Treatment Strength 1 36 7.62 1 54 8.14 1 72 7.76 1 108 7.17 1 144 7.46 2 36 8.00 2 54 8.15 2 72 7.73 2 108 7.57 2 144 7.68 3 36 7.93 3 54 7.87 3 72 7.74 3 108 7.80 3 144 7.21' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con)