Hi, How i cant split with the function read.table a file with many tables in your inner, for example file probe.txt --------------- text1 text2 colA colB 1 5 6 2 7 8 text3 text4 colC colD 1 9 10 2 11 12 ---------------- i like two tables: table1<--colA and Col B and table2<--colC and Col D Have use a Regular Expression? Thanks