Wow! julia> a=readdlm("data.txt", '\t', ASCIIString) 5x2 Array{ASCIIString,2}: "Lucy" "cat" "Fliper" "dog" "Mia" "dog" "Nan" "cat" "Snupy" "dog"
julia> unique(a[:,1]) 5-element Array{ASCIIString,1}: "Lucy" "Fliper" "Mia" "Nan" "Snupy" julia> findin(a,"Nan") 0-element Array{Int32,1} julia> findin(a[:,1],["Nan"]) 1-element Array{Int32,1}: 4 julia>