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SADD

Adds one or more members to a set. Creates the key if it doesn't exist.

Usage
SADD key member ...
Complexity
O(1) for each element added, so O(N) to add N elements when the command is called with multiple arguments.
Since
1.0.0
ACL Categories
@fast, @set, @write
Command flags
WRITE, DENYOOM, FAST

Add the specified members to the set stored at key. Specified members that are already a member of this set are ignored. If key does not exist, a new set is created before adding the specified members.

An error is returned when the value stored at key is not a set.

Examples

127.0.0.1:6379> SADD myset "Hello"
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> SADD myset "World"
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> SADD myset "World"
(integer) 0
127.0.0.1:6379> SMEMBERS myset
1) "Hello"
2) "World"

Replies

RESP2

Integer reply: the number of elements that were added to the set, not including all the elements already present in the set.

RESP3

Integer reply: the number of elements that were added to the set, not including all the elements already present in the set.

History

  • 2.4.0: Accepts multiple `member` arguments.