[R] read.table with header and text data

[Laura Holt]

Hi R!

I am reading in a text file which has one column of alpha data and 5 columns 
of numeric data.

There is a header row.

I would like the alpha data column to just be character rather than factor.

Is there a way to do this, please?  I'm thinking that it might be I() but 
can't figure out exactly how.

Thanks,
Laura
mailto: lauraholt_983 at hotmail.com
R 2.0.1 Windows