ZADD

Syntax

ZADD key [NX | XX] [GT | LT] [CH] [INCR] score member [score member
  ...]

Available since:: 1.2.0
Time complexity:: O(log(N)) for each item added, where N is the number of elements in the sorted set.
ACL categories:: @write, @sortedset, @fast,

Adds all the specified members with the specified scores to the sorted set stored at key. It is possible to specify multiple score / member pairs. If a specified member is already a member of the sorted set, the score is updated and the element reinserted at the right position to ensure the correct ordering.

If key does not exist, a new sorted set with the specified members as sole members is created, like if the sorted set was empty. If the key exists but does not hold a sorted set, an error is returned.

The score values should be the string representation of a double precision floating point number. +inf and -inf values are valid values as well.

ZADD options

ZADD supports a list of options, specified after the name of the key and before the first score argument. Options are:

XX: Only update elements that already exist. Don't add new elements.
NX: Only add new elements. Don't update already existing elements.
LT: Only update existing elements if the new score is less than the current score. This flag doesn't prevent adding new elements.
GT: Only update existing elements if the new score is greater than the current score. This flag doesn't prevent adding new elements.
CH: Modify the return value from the number of new elements added, to the total number of elements changed (CH is an abbreviation of changed). Changed elements are new elements added and elements already existing for which the score was updated. So elements specified in the command line having the same score as they had in the past are not counted. Note: normally the return value of ZADD only counts the number of new elements added.
INCR: When this option is specified ZADD acts like ZINCRBY. Only one score-element pair can be specified in this mode.

Note: The GT, LT and NX options are mutually exclusive.

Range of integer scores that can be expressed precisely

Redis sorted sets use a double 64-bit floating point number to represent the score. In all the architectures we support, this is represented as an IEEE 754 floating point number, that is able to represent precisely integer numbers between -(2^53) and +(2^53) included. In more practical terms, all the integers between -9007199254740992 and 9007199254740992 are perfectly representable. Larger integers, or fractions, are internally represented in exponential form, so it is possible that you get only an approximation of the decimal number, or of the very big integer, that you set as score.

Sorted sets 101

Sorted sets are sorted by their score in an ascending way. The same element only exists a single time, no repeated elements are permitted. The score can be modified both by ZADD that will update the element score, and as a side effect, its position on the sorted set, and by ZINCRBY that can be used in order to update the score relatively to its previous value.

The current score of an element can be retrieved using the ZSCORE command, that can also be used to verify if an element already exists or not.

For an introduction to sorted sets, see the data types page on sorted sets.

Elements with the same score

While the same element can't be repeated in a sorted set since every element is unique, it is possible to add multiple different elements having the same score. When multiple elements have the same score, they are ordered lexicographically (they are still ordered by score as a first key, however, locally, all the elements with the same score are relatively ordered lexicographically).

The lexicographic ordering used is binary, it compares strings as array of bytes.

If the user inserts all the elements in a sorted set with the same score (for example 0), all the elements of the sorted set are sorted lexicographically, and range queries on elements are possible using the command ZRANGEBYLEX (Note: it is also possible to query sorted sets by range of scores using ZRANGEBYSCORE).

Examples

>_ Redis CLI

> ZADD myzset 1 "one"
(integer) 1
> ZADD myzset 1 "uno"
(integer) 1
> ZADD myzset 2 "two" 3 "three"
(integer) 2
> ZRANGE myzset 0 -1 WITHSCORES
1) "one"
2) "1"
3) "uno"
4) "1"
5) "two"
6) "2"
7) "three"
8) "3"

Python

import redis

r = redis.Redis(host="localhost", port=6379, db=0, decode_responses=True)

res = r.zadd("myzset", {"one": 1})
print(res)
# >>> 1

res = r.zadd("myzset", {"uno": 1})
print(res)
# >>> 1

res = r.zadd("myzset", {"two": 2, "three": 3})
print(res)
# >>> 2

res = r.zrange("myzset", 0, -1, withscores=True)
# >>> [('one', 1.0), ('uno', 1.0), ('two', 2.0), ('three', 3.0)]


res = r.zadd("myzset", {"one": 1, "two":2, "three":3})
print(res)
# >>> 3

res = r.zrange("myzset", 0, -1)
print(res)
# >>> ['one', 'two', 'three']

res = r.zrange("myzset", 2, 3)
print(res)
# >>> ['three']

res = r.zrange("myzset", -2, -1)
print(res)
# >>> ['two', 'three']

res = r.zadd("myzset", {"one": 1, "two":2, "three":3})
res = r.zrange("myzset", 0, 1, withscores=True)
print(res)
# >>> [('one', 1.0), ('two', 2.0)]

res = r.zadd("myzset", {"one": 1, "two":2, "three":3})
res = r.zrange("myzset", 2, 3, byscore=True, offset=1, num=1)
print(res)
# >>> ['three']

Node.js


import { createClient } from 'redis';

const client = createClient();
client.on('error', err => console.log('Redis Client Error', err));
await client.connect().catch(console.error);

const val1 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [{ value: 'one', score: 1 }]);
console.log(val1);
// returns 1

const val2 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [{ value: 'uno', score: 1 }]);
console.log(val2);
// returns 1

const val3 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [{ value: 'two', score: 2 }, { value: 'three', score: 3 }]);
console.log(val3);
// returns 2

const val4 = await client.zRangeWithScores("myzset", 0, -1);
console.log(val4);
// returns [{value: 'one', score: 1}, {value: 'uno', score: 1}, {value: 'two', score: 2}, {value: 'three', score: 3} ]


const val5 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [
  { value: 'one', score: 1 },
  { value: 'two', score: 2 },
  { value: 'three', score: 3 }
]);
console.log(val5);
// returns 3

const val6 = await client.zRange('myzset', 0, -1);
console.log(val6);
// returns ['one', 'two', 'three']

const val7 = await client.zRange('myzset', 2, 3);
console.log(val7);
// returns ['three']

const val8 = await client.zRange('myzset', -2, -1);
console.log(val8);
// returns ['two', 'three']

const val9 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [
  { value: 'one', score: 1 },
  { value: 'two', score: 2 },
  { value: 'three', score: 3 }
]);
console.log(val9);
// returns 3

const val10 = await client.zRangeWithScores('myzset', 0, 1);
console.log(val10);
// returns [{value: 'one', score: 1}, {value: 'two', score: 2}]

const val11 = await client.zAdd("myzset", [
  { value: 'one', score: 1 },
  { value: 'two', score: 2 },
  { value: 'three', score: 3 }
]);
console.log(val11);
// returns 3

const val12 = await client.zRange('myzset', 2, 3, { BY: 'SCORE', LIMIT: { offset: 1, count: 1 } });
console.log(val12);
// >>> ['three']

await client.quit();

Java

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.List;
import redis.clients.jedis.UnifiedJedis;
import redis.clients.jedis.params.ZRangeParams;
import redis.clients.jedis.resps.Tuple;

public class CmdsSortedSetExample {
    public void run() {
        UnifiedJedis jedis = new UnifiedJedis("redis://localhost:6379");





        // Tests for 'bzmpop' step.




        // Tests for 'bzpopmax' step.




        // Tests for 'bzpopmin' step.


        Map<String, Double> zAddExampleParams = new HashMap<>();
        zAddExampleParams.put("one", 1.0);
        long zAddResult1 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zAddExampleParams);
        System.out.println(zAddResult1);    // >>> 1

        zAddExampleParams.clear();
        zAddExampleParams.put("uno", 1.0);
        long zAddResult2 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zAddExampleParams);
        System.out.println(zAddResult2);    // >>> 1

        zAddExampleParams.clear();
        zAddExampleParams.put("two", 2.0);
        zAddExampleParams.put("three", 3.0);
        long zAddResult3 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zAddExampleParams);
        System.out.println(zAddResult3);    // >>> 2

        List<Tuple> zAddResult4 = jedis.zrangeWithScores("myzset", new ZRangeParams(0, -1));

        for (Tuple item: zAddResult4) {
            System.out.println("Element: " + item.getElement() + ", Score: " + item.getScore());
        }
        // >>> Element: one, Score: 1.0
        // >>> Element: uno, Score: 1.0
        // >>> Element: two, Score: 2.0
        // >>> Element: three, Score: 3.0

        // Tests for 'zadd' step.




        // Tests for 'zcard' step.




        // Tests for 'zcount' step.




        // Tests for 'zdiff' step.




        // Tests for 'zdiffstore' step.




        // Tests for 'zincrby' step.




        // Tests for 'zinter' step.




        // Tests for 'zintercard' step.




        // Tests for 'zinterstore' step.




        // Tests for 'zlexcount' step.




        // Tests for 'zmpop' step.




        // Tests for 'zmscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zpopmax' step.




        // Tests for 'zpopmin' step.




        // Tests for 'zrandmember' step.


        Map<String, Double> zRangeExampleParams1 = new HashMap<>();
        zRangeExampleParams1.put("one", 1.0);
        zRangeExampleParams1.put("two", 2.0);
        zRangeExampleParams1.put("three", 3.0);
        long zRangeResult1 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zRangeExampleParams1);
        System.out.println(zRangeResult1);  // >>> 3

        List<String> zRangeResult2 = jedis.zrange("myzset", new ZRangeParams(0, -1));
        System.out.println(String.join(", ", zRangeResult2));   // >>> one, two, three

        List<String> zRangeResult3 = jedis.zrange("myzset", new ZRangeParams(2, 3));
        System.out.println(String.join(", ", zRangeResult3));   // >> three

        List<String> zRangeResult4 = jedis.zrange("myzset", new ZRangeParams(-2, -1));
        System.out.println(String.join(", ", zRangeResult4));   // >> two, three

        // Tests for 'zrange1' step.


        Map<String, Double> zRangeExampleParams2 = new HashMap<>();
        zRangeExampleParams2.put("one", 1.0);
        zRangeExampleParams2.put("two", 2.0);
        zRangeExampleParams2.put("three", 3.0);
        long zRangeResult5 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zRangeExampleParams2);
        System.out.println(zRangeResult5);  // >>> 3

        List<Tuple> zRangeResult6 = jedis.zrangeWithScores("myzset", new ZRangeParams(0, 1));

        for (Tuple item: zRangeResult6) {
            System.out.println("Element: " + item.getElement() + ", Score: " + item.getScore());
        }
        // >>> Element: one, Score: 1.0
        // >>> Element: two, Score: 2.0

        // Tests for 'zrange2' step.


        Map<String, Double> zRangeExampleParams3 = new HashMap<>();
        zRangeExampleParams3.put("one", 1.0);
        zRangeExampleParams3.put("two", 2.0);
        zRangeExampleParams3.put("three", 3.0);
        long zRangeResult7 = jedis.zadd("myzset", zRangeExampleParams3);
        System.out.println(zRangeResult7);  // >>> 3

        List<String> zRangeResult8 = jedis.zrangeByScore("myzset", "(1", "+inf", 1, 1);
        System.out.println(String.join(", ", zRangeResult8));   // >>> three

        // Tests for 'zrange3' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangestore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zrem' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebyrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrange' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zscan' step.




        // Tests for 'zscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zunion' step.




        // Tests for 'zunionstore' step.


    }
}

package example_commands_test

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
)


func ExampleClient_zadd_cmd() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
		Password: "", // no password docs
		DB:       0,  // use default DB
	})


	zAddResult1, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "one", Score: 1},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zAddResult1) // >>> 1

	zAddResult2, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "uno", Score: 1},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zAddResult2)

	zAddResult3, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "two", Score: 2},
		redis.Z{Member: "three", Score: 3},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zAddResult3) // >>> 2

	zAddResult4, err := rdb.ZRangeWithScores(ctx, "myzset", 0, -1).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zAddResult4) // >>> [{1 one} {1 uno} {2 two} {3 three}]

}

func ExampleClient_zrange1() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
		Password: "", // no password docs
		DB:       0,  // use default DB
	})


	zrangeResult1, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "one", Score: 1},
		redis.Z{Member: "two", Score: 2},
		redis.Z{Member: "three", Score: 3},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zrangeResult1) // >>> 3

	zrangeResult2, err := rdb.ZRange(ctx, "myzset", 0, -1).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zrangeResult2) // >>> [one two three]

	zrangeResult3, err := rdb.ZRange(ctx, "myzset", 2, 3).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zrangeResult3) // >>> [three]

	zrangeResult4, err := rdb.ZRange(ctx, "myzset", -2, -1).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zrangeResult4) // >>> [two three]

}

func ExampleClient_zrange2() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
		Password: "", // no password docs
		DB:       0,  // use default DB
	})


	zRangeResult5, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "one", Score: 1},
		redis.Z{Member: "two", Score: 2},
		redis.Z{Member: "three", Score: 3},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zRangeResult5) // >>> 3

	zRangeResult6, err := rdb.ZRangeWithScores(ctx, "myzset", 0, 1).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zRangeResult6) // >>> [{1 one} {2 two}]

}

func ExampleClient_zrange3() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
		Password: "", // no password docs
		DB:       0,  // use default DB
	})


	zRangeResult7, err := rdb.ZAdd(ctx, "myzset",
		redis.Z{Member: "one", Score: 1},
		redis.Z{Member: "two", Score: 2},
		redis.Z{Member: "three", Score: 3},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zRangeResult7) // >>> 3

	zRangeResult8, err := rdb.ZRangeArgs(ctx,
		redis.ZRangeArgs{
			Key:     "myzset",
			ByScore: true,
			Start:   "(1",
			Stop:    "+inf",
			Offset:  1,
			Count:   1,
		},
	).Result()

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(zRangeResult8) // >>> [three]

}


using NRedisStack.Tests;
using StackExchange.Redis;



public class CmdsSortedSet
{

    public void run()
    {
        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost:6379");
        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();




        // Tests for 'bzmpop' step.




        // Tests for 'bzpopmax' step.




        // Tests for 'bzpopmin' step.


        bool zAddResult1 = db.SortedSetAdd("myzset", "one", 1);
        Console.WriteLine(zAddResult1); // >>> True

        bool zAddResult2 = db.SortedSetAdd("myzset", "uno", 1);
        Console.WriteLine(zAddResult2); // >>> True

        long zAddResult3 = db.SortedSetAdd(
            "myzset",
            new SortedSetEntry[] {
                new SortedSetEntry("two", 2),
                new SortedSetEntry("three", 3)
            }
        );
        Console.WriteLine(zAddResult3); // >>> 2

        SortedSetEntry[] zAddResult4 = db.SortedSetRangeByRankWithScores("myzset", 0, -1);
        Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", zAddResult4.Select(b => $"{b.Element}: {b.Score}"))}");
        // >>> one: 1, uno: 1, two: 2, three: 3

        // Tests for 'zadd' step.




        // Tests for 'zcard' step.




        // Tests for 'zcount' step.




        // Tests for 'zdiff' step.




        // Tests for 'zdiffstore' step.




        // Tests for 'zincrby' step.




        // Tests for 'zinter' step.




        // Tests for 'zintercard' step.




        // Tests for 'zinterstore' step.




        // Tests for 'zlexcount' step.




        // Tests for 'zmpop' step.




        // Tests for 'zmscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zpopmax' step.




        // Tests for 'zpopmin' step.




        // Tests for 'zrandmember' step.


        long zRangeResult1 = db.SortedSetAdd(
            "myzset",
            new SortedSetEntry[] {
                new SortedSetEntry("one", 1),
                new SortedSetEntry("two", 2),
                new SortedSetEntry("three", 3)
            }
        );
        Console.WriteLine(zRangeResult1);   // >>> 3

        RedisValue[] zRangeResult2 = db.SortedSetRangeByRank("myzset", 0, -1);
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", zRangeResult2));
        // >>> one, two, three

        RedisValue[] zRangeResult3 = db.SortedSetRangeByRank("myzset", 2, 3);
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", zRangeResult3));
        // >>> three

        RedisValue[] zRangeResult4 = db.SortedSetRangeByRank("myzset", -2, -1);
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", zRangeResult4));
        // >>> two, three

        // Tests for 'zrange1' step.


        long zRangeResult5 = db.SortedSetAdd(
            "myzset",
            new SortedSetEntry[] {
                new SortedSetEntry("one", 1),
                new SortedSetEntry("two", 2),
                new SortedSetEntry("three", 3)
            }
        );

        SortedSetEntry[] zRangeResult6 = db.SortedSetRangeByRankWithScores("myzset", 0, 1);
        Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(", ", zRangeResult6.Select(b => $"{b.Element}: {b.Score}"))}");
        // >>> one: 1, two: 2

        // Tests for 'zrange2' step.


        long zRangeResult7 = db.SortedSetAdd(
            "myzset",
            new SortedSetEntry[] {
                new SortedSetEntry("one", 1),
                new SortedSetEntry("two", 2),
                new SortedSetEntry("three", 3)
            }
        );

        RedisValue[] zRangeResult8 = db.SortedSetRangeByScore(
            "myzset",
            1,
            double.PositiveInfinity,
            Exclude.Start,
            skip: 1, take: 1
        );
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(", ", zRangeResult8));
        // >>> three

        // Tests for 'zrange3' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrangestore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zrem' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebyrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zremrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrange' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrangebylex' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrangebyscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zrevrank' step.




        // Tests for 'zscan' step.




        // Tests for 'zscore' step.




        // Tests for 'zunion' step.




        // Tests for 'zunionstore' step.


    }
}

Give these commands a try in the interactive console:

RESP2 Reply

Any of the following:

Nil reply: if the operation was aborted because of a conflict with one of the XX/NX/LT/GT options.
Integer reply: the number of new members when the CH option is not used.
Integer reply: the number of new or updated members when the CH option is used.
Bulk string reply: the updated score of the member when the INCR option is used.

RESP3 Reply

Any of the following:

Null reply: if the operation was aborted because of a conflict with one of the XX/NX/LT/GT options.
Integer reply: the number of new members when the CH option is not used.
Integer reply: the number of new or updated members when the CH option is used.
Double reply: the updated score of the member when the INCR option is used.

History

Starting with Redis version 2.4.0: Accepts multiple elements.
Starting with Redis version 3.0.2: Added the XX, NX, CH and INCR options.
Starting with Redis version 6.2.0: Added the GT and LT options.

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