title: Open ASCII data using syntax file
body: <p>I have about 300 ASCII datasets all of which with a unique syntax file. In the syntax file, it is expressed what I think the separation of columns is.</p>
  <p>I am very confused about how to use both files (the dataset file and the syntax file) to open the data properly in R. I am adding a picture of how the data (DA) and syntax file (ES) look like. The data and syntax can be downloaded here:</p>
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  <p>I thought about using regex to get how the columns are separated, but the patterns vary somewhat across datasets, so I am guessing that is probably an easier way to do this.
  The syntax file seems to be something created automatically by some software, so I wonder if R has a function that receives as input both the data (DA) and the syntax (ES) to import the data properly.</p>