Hi, I have a data file which has column names : a a,b a->b R converst a,b to a.b a->b to a..b Is there any way to handle this ? Thanks a lot. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Read-File-%3A-Header-with-special-character-tf4958972.html#a14202399 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.