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DECRBY

Decrement the integer value of a key by a given number.
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If a key does not exist, it is initialized as 0 before performing the operation. An error is returned if the key contains a value of the wrong type or contains a string that can not be represented as integer.

Arguments#

keystrrequired#

The key to decrement.

decrementintrequired#

The amount to decrement by.

Response#

intrequired

The value at the key after the decrementing.

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