lines = 'xbar R 3.4 6 1.4 3 5.6 2 -2.6 7 1.2 6 -2.0 3 -8.2 7 -5.8 6 -7.8 2 -4.0 6 -5.0 5 -10.2 9 2.2 7 0.8 8 1.0 2 1.6 4 -7.8 3 -3.8 7 -2.0 2 0 0 1.2 2 0.8 3 0.6 3 -0.4 1 -0.2 1 0.6 1 0.2 2 0.2 1 0 2 -0.2 2 -4.0 2 -4.4 8 3.0 4 -0.8 3 -0.4 4 0.4 1 1.2 2 0.8 2 -1.0 3 -1.0 2' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con) Batch_1 = DF[1:20, ] Batch_2 = DF[21:40, ]