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  19 <b>SetbitCommand: Contents
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  22                 <h1 class=
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  30 <h1><a name=
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></a></h1> 2.1.8) =
 
  31 <i>Time complexity: O(
1)
</i><blockquote>Sets or clears the bit at 
<i>offset
</i> in the string value stored at 
<i>key
</i>.
</blockquote> 
  32 The bit is either set or cleared depending on 
<i>value
</i>, which can be either 
0 or 
1. When 
<i>key
</i> does not exist, a new string value is created. The string is grown to make sure it can hold a bit at 
<i>offset
</i>. The 
<i>offset
</i> argument is required to be greater than or equal to 
0, and is limited to 
2<sup>32-
1 (which limits bitmaps to 
512MB).
 
  33 When the string at 
<i>key
</i> is grown, added bits are set to 
0.
<br/><br/><b>Warning
</b>: When setting the last possible bit (
<i>offset
</i> equal to 
2</sup>32-
1) and the string value stored at 
<i>key
</i> does not yet hold a string value, or holds a small string value, Redis needs to allocate all intermediate memory which can block the server for some time.
 
  34 On a 
2010 Macbook Pro, setting bit number 
2<sup>32-
1 (
512MB allocation) takes ~
300ms,
 
  35 setting bit number 
2</sup>30-
1 (
128MB allocation) takes ~
80ms,
 
  36 setting bit number 
2<sup>28-
1 (
32MB allocation) takes ~
30ms and
 
  37 setting bit number 
2</sup>26-
1 (
8MB allocation) takes ~
8ms.
 
  38 Note that once this first allocation is done, subsequent calls to SETBIT for the same 
<i>key
</i> will not have the allocation overhead.
<h2><a name=
"Return value">Return value
</a></h2><a href=
"ReplyTypes.html">Integer reply
</a>, specifically: the original bit value stored at 
<i>offset
</i>.