[R] using imported tables

[Owen Buchner]

I've recently found out using read.table i can insert a table into R from a .dat
file.  The problem i'm having is now that i've got R to read the package i want
to use the data from each column.  I've tried adding titles to each column
using col.name, but it assigns a name to the entire table and wont recognize
the name i gave the table later in programming.  Is there something i'm doing
wrong or am i missing an important step?  I'd appreciate any help.