Track presence/boolean flags compactly with Redis bitmaps (SETBIT/GETBIT/BITCOUNT)

domain: redis.io · 7 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Set a bit at offset N: `SETBIT checkin 1234 1` - marks member id 1234 as present. A string byte (8 bits) can hold 8 flags.
  2. Read a bit: `GETBIT checkin 1234` returns 1 or 0.
  3. Count set bits (e.g. total active users): `BITCOUNT checkin`.
  4. Find first set bit: `BITPOS checkin 1`.
  5. Combine with BITFIELD for counters, and BITOP AND/OR/XOR/NOT across keys for intersection/union of flag sets.
  6. Memory-cheap: 1,000,000 flags = ~125 KB (1 bit each).
  7. python: `r.setbit('daily', uid, 1); r.getbit('daily', uid)`.

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