How about this? read.table(text = "Granitic Hills 16-20 PZ Loamy Upland 16-20 PZ Sandy Loam Upland 12-16 PZ / Sandy Loam, Deep 12-16 PZ Loamy Upland 12-16 PZ / Sandy Loam Upland 12-16 PZ Loamy Upland 16-20 PZ", header = FALSE, sep = "/", fill = TRUE, na.strings = "", strip.white = TRUE) ## V1 V2 ## 1 Granitic Hills 16-20 PZ <NA> ## 2 Loamy Upland 16-20 PZ <NA> ## 3 Sandy Loam Upland 12-16 PZ Sandy Loam, Deep 12-16 PZ ## 4 Loamy Upland 12-16 PZ Sandy Loam Upland 12-16 PZ ## 5 Loamy Upland 16-20 PZ <NA>
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