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<b>SetexCommand: Contents</b><br> <a href="#SETEX _key_ _time_ _value_">SETEX _key_ _time_ _value_</a><br> <a href="#Return value">Return value</a>
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#sidebar <a href="StringCommandsSidebar.html">StringCommandsSidebar</a><h1><a name="SETEX _key_ _time_ _value_">SETEX _key_ _time_ _value_</a></h1>
<i>Time complexity: O(1)</i><blockquote>The command is exactly equivalent to the following group of commands:</blockquote><pre class="codeblock python" name="code">
SET _key_ _value_
EXPIRE _key_ _time_
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<blockquote>The operation is atomic. An atomic <a href="SetCommand.html">SET</a>+<a href="ExpireCommand.html">EXPIRE</a> operation was already providedusing <a href="MultiExecCommand.html">MULTI/EXEC</a>, but SETEX is a faster alternative providedbecause this operation is very common when Redis is used as a Cache.</blockquote>
<h2><a name="Return value">Return value</a></h2><a href="ReplyTypes.html">Status code reply</a>
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