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diff --git a/iredis/data/commands/sintercard.md b/iredis/data/commands/sintercard.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24473e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/iredis/data/commands/sintercard.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +This command is similar to `SINTER`, but instead of returning the result set, it returns just the cardinality of the result. +Returns the cardinality of the set which would result from the intersection of all the given sets. + +Keys that do not exist are considered to be empty sets. +With one of the keys being an empty set, the resulting set is also empty (since set intersection with an empty set always results in an empty set). + +By default, the command calculates the cardinality of the intersection of all given sets. +When provided with the optional `LIMIT` argument (which defaults to 0 and means unlimited), if the intersection cardinality reaches limit partway through the computation, the algorithm will exit and yield limit as the cardinality. +Such implementation ensures a significant speedup for queries where the limit is lower than the actual intersection cardinality. + +@return + +@integer-reply: the number of elements in the resulting intersection. + +@examples + +```cli +SADD key1 "a" +SADD key1 "b" +SADD key1 "c" +SADD key1 "d" +SADD key2 "c" +SADD key2 "d" +SADD key2 "e" +SINTER key1 key2 +SINTERCARD 2 key1 key2 +SINTERCARD 2 key1 key2 LIMIT 1 +``` |