Hello R-help
 
I am working with large data table that have the occasional label,
 a particular time point in an experiment. E.g:

"Time (min)", "R1 R1", "R2 R1", "R3 R1", "R4 R1"
.909, 1.117, 1.225, 1.048, 1.258
3.942, 1.113, 1.230, 1.049, 1.262
3.976, 1.105, 1.226, 1.051, 1.259
4.009, 1.114, 1.231, 1.053, 1.259
4.042, 1.107, 1.230, 1.048, 1.262
4.076, 1.108, 1.226, 1.045, 1.257
4.109, 1.109, 1.227, 1.047, 1.259
4.142, 1.108, 1.225, 1.052, 1.260
4.176, 1.105, 1.222, 1.046, 1.260
4.209, 1.106, 1.226, 1.050, 1.258
4.242, 1.105, 1.224, 1.047, 1.258
4.276, 1.104, 1.223, 1.048, 1.259
4.309, 1.106, 1.228, 1.050, 1.260
4.342, 1.103, 1.219, 1.049, 1.260
4.376, 1.107, 1.225, 1.052, 1.259
4.409, 1.105, 1.222, 1.047, 1.258
4.442, 1.106, 1.227, 1.048, 1.262
4.476, 1.105, 1.222, 1.049, 1.261
4.509, 1.102, 1.222, 1.047, 1.259
4.555, "Gly sar"
4.555, 1.107, 1.224, 1.048, 1.261
4.576, 1.109, 1.228, 1.053, 1.259
4.609, 1.103, 1.218, 1.046, 1.258
4.642, 1.105, 1.223, 1.048, 1.256
4.676, 1.108, 1.217, 1.048, 1.260
4.709, 1.124, 1.222, 1.047, 1.258
When I try to read in the table, I get:
> try<-read.table("200810_01.R",header=T,sep=",")
Error in scan(file, what, nmax, sep, dec, quote, skip, nlines, na.strings,  : 
  line 136 did not have 5 elements

Is there any way to tell R to ignore these labels or better
 still interpret them as being label for particular time 
points, so when it comes to draw a line graph it is annotated
with these labels.



      
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