Obviously row 11 is incomplete. It may contain nothing more than a space or an EOL. Using the "fill=TRUE" argument to 'scan' or 'read.table' is your friend here. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Error-in-scan-tp4678976p4678982.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.