Welcome back! Now that you've learned how to work with numbers in Redis, it's time to build on that knowledge and explore some basic operations with these numbers. This lesson will show you how to perform operations like incrementing, decrementing, and modifying numeric values directly in Redis.

In this lesson, you will learn how to:

1. Increment and decrement numeric values.
2. Modify numeric values using operations such as increments by a floating point.

Here's the code snippet that we'll be working with:

import { createClient } from 'redis';

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

// Setting and getting string values
await client.set('count', 5);
await client.set('completion_rate', 95.5);
await client.set('duration', 0);

await client.decr('count'); // 4
await client.decrBy('count', 2); // 2
await client.incr('duration'); // 1
await client.incrBy('duration', 2); // 3
await client.incrByFloat('completion_rate', 1.5); // 97

// Fetch the values and log them
const count = await client.get('count');
const duration = await client.get('duration');
const completion_rate = await client.get('completion_rate');

console.log(`Course count: ${count}`); // 2
console.log(`Duration: ${duration}`); // 3
console.log(`Completion rate: ${completion_rate}`); // 97

await client.disconnect();

• After setting initial values for count, completion_rate, and duration, we perform various operations:
  • decr operation decrements the value of count by 1, and decrBy decrements it by the specified value, in this case, 2. So, the final value of count is 2.
  • incr operation increments the value of duration by 1, and incrBy increments it by the specified value, in this case, 2. So, the final value of duration is 3.
  • incrByFloat increments the value of completion_rate by the specified floating-point value, in this case, 1.5. So, the final value of completion_rate is 97.
• At the end, we fetch the updated values of count, duration, and completion_rate and log them to the console.

Note, that the incr, decr, incrBy, and decrBy operations cannot be applied to keys that contain floating-point values, that's why we use incrByFloat to increment floating-point values. Note, that in order to decrement floating-point values, you can use incrByFloat with a negative value.

Understanding how to perform operations with numbers in Redis is essential for real-world applications. Imagine you're building a learning management system: you would track user progress, completion rates, and time spent on courses. Redis makes it fast and easy to update these numbers in real-time.

By the end of this lesson, you'll be comfortable with basic numeric operations in Redis, preparing you for more advanced tasks. Ready to get started? Let's dive into the practice section and enhance your Redis skills!