[read text file :] > #data1 > 1 2 3 4 > 5 6 7 8 Is this what you mean ? > b <- read.table("filewithyourdata", header=F, sep=" ") > b V1 V2 V3 V4 1 1 2 3 4 2 5 6 7 8 HTH, Tobias