lines = 'Time xbar R 7:10_AM 5.23 0.9 1:40_PM 5.03 0.5 5:30_PM 4.20 0.9 9:45_PM 5.20 0.6 1:15_AM 5.40 1.0 2:10_AM 4.63 0.8 4:50_AM 5.10 0.5 6:45_AM 4.70 1.0 8:05_AM 3.97 0.9 10:00_AM 4.13 0.9 1:30_PM 4.50 0.1 5:00_PM 5.33 0.2 7:30_PM 5.00 0.8 12:05_AM 4.73 0.1 2:10_AM 5.23 0.8 5:20_AM 5.73 0.9 7:40_AM 5.90 1.0 9:40_AM 5.53 0.1 11:40_AM 4.90 0.5 1:30_PM 4.80 0.4 7:30_PM 5.20 0.5 10:50_PM 5.00 0.9 2:10_AM 5.70 1.0 4:10_AM 5.70 1.0 9:05_AM 5.03 0.7 11:40_AM 4.90 0.2 1:30_PM 3.93 0.4 5:30_PM 3.43 0.9 7:40_PM 2.93 0.4 11:30_PM 4.87 0.3 2:00_AM 5.30 0.5 4:20_AM 4.90 0.3' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con)