[R] Read variable column width data

[R Saba]

Reading data with variable column widths.
Here are several lines of a txt data set I would like to read.
The number of variables is fixed at 13 . The problem is how to read the
first variable when it can contain blank space-- for example " Alabama
(Seasonally Adjusted)" , "St. Clair", etc.

Alabama (Seasonally Adjusted) 2,168,870 2,162,604 2,122,787 1,954,895
1,956,026 1,925,007 213,975 206,578 197,780 9.9% 9.6% 9.3%
Alabama (Not Seasonally Adjusted) 2,185,690 2,155,322 2,135,467 1,955,512
1,951,696 1,930,257 230,178 203,626 205,210 10.5% 9.4% 9.6%
Autauga 24,743 24,472 24,234 22,355 22,373 22,394 2,388 2,099 1,840 9.7%
8.6% 7.6%
Baldwin 86,185 84,039 83,698 78,160 76,934 76,736 8,025 7,105 6,962 9.3%
8.5% 8.3%
Barbour 9,954 9,706 9,737 8,611 8,546 8,588 1,343 1,160 1,149 13.5% 12.0%
11.8%
......
St. Clair 36,821 36,139 35,964 33,233 33,021 32,540 3,588 3,118 3,424 9.7%
8.6% 9.5%
.......
Winston 9,150 8,986 9,295 7,779 7,717 7,933 1,371 1,269 1,362 15.0% 14.1%
14.7%
United States (Seasonally Adjusted) 153,421,000 153,693,000 153,684,000
139,334,000 139,779,000 139,092,000 14,087,000 13,914,000 14,593,000 9.2%
9.1% 9.5%
United States (Not Seasonally Adj.) 154,538,000 153,449,000 154,767,000
140,129,000 140,028,000 139,882,000 14,409,000 13,421,000 14,885,000 9.3%
8.7% 9.6%

Thanks,
Richard Saba

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