thank you very much, I have a smaller question: If I give the first dataframe a name, say data1. How can I read it without pasting the dataframe -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/putting-data-frame-values-in-new-dataframes-tp4655474p4655482.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.