Filter rows based on presence of string

I have a 100 x 1 vector called 'gender'. There are only two values in the vector: 'male' and 'female'. These are string values. I want to convert 'gender' to a binary variable with 'male' as '1' and female as '0'.

How do I go about this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

If you have R2015b or later use the findgroups function. Otherwise, use the third output of the unique function to do the same thing.

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

 Wanted = ismember(vector, 'male')