lines = 'xbar R 76.3 5 73.0 15 77.0 5 80.0 16 72.0 18 72.7 11 78.7 5 80.3 6 77.7 17 77.7 6 77.3 6 79.3 2 75.7 11 78.3 4 79.3 9 78.0 8 83.3 9 80.7 18 79.0 8 74.3 4 85.3 23 81.3 15 80.0 20 79.0 22 84.0 8 75.0 10' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con)