Here is a quick example of how to get a unique value list from a numpy array. 
from __future__ import print_function
import numpy as np
values = [['a', 'b', 'c'],
          ['e', 'b', 'd'],
          ['a', 'b', 'c']]
np_array = np.array(values)
print (np.unique(np_array[:,1]...