Method: Redis::Commands::Keys#sort

Defined in:
lib/redis/commands/keys.rb

#sort(key, by: nil, limit: nil, get: nil, order: nil, store: nil) ⇒ Array<String>, ...

Sort the elements in a list, set or sorted set.

Examples:

Retrieve the first 2 elements from an alphabetically sorted "list"

redis.sort("list", :order => "alpha", :limit => [0, 2])
  # => ["a", "b"]

Store an alphabetically descending list in "target"

redis.sort("list", :order => "desc alpha", :store => "target")
  # => 26



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# File 'lib/redis/commands/keys.rb', line 411

def sort(key, by: nil, limit: nil, get: nil, order: nil, store: nil)
  args = [:sort, key]
  args << "BY" << by if by

  if limit
    args << "LIMIT"
    args.concat(limit)
  end

  get = Array(get)
  get.each do |item|
    args << "GET" << item
  end

  args.concat(order.split(" ")) if order
  args << "STORE" << store if store

  send_command(args) do |reply|
    if get.size > 1 && !store
      reply.each_slice(get.size).to_a if reply
    else
      reply
    end
  end
end