lines = 'Sample Picryl_Chloride Davies AOAC 1 0.598 0.628 0.632 2 0.614 0.628 0.630 3 0.600 0.600 0.622 4 0.580 0.612 0.584 5 0.596 0.600 0.650 6 0.592 0.628 0.606 7 0.616 0.628 0.644 8 0.614 0.644 0.644 9 0.604 0.644 0.624 10 0.608 0.612 0.619 11 0.602 0.628 0.632 12 0.614 0.644 0.616' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con) DF$Sample = NULL