lines = 'Land_Parcel Distance_From_Center_of_City Value H1 1.00 20.5 B6 0.50 42.7 Q4 0.25 80.4 L4 2.00 10.5 T7 4.00 6.1 D9 6.00 6.0 E4 10.00 3.5' con = textConnection( lines ) DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE ) close(con)