1.13. Memcached delete command

1.13.1. Syntax: ¶

The delete basic syntax format of the command is as follows:

delete key [noreply]

The parameters are described as follows:

• key :Key value key-value in the structure key used to find cached values

• noreply (optional): this parameter tells the server that there is no need to return data

1.13.2. Example ¶

In the following example, we use the runoob as key the expiration time is set to 900 seconds And then we use delete command to delete the``key`` .

set runoob 0 900 9
memcached
STORED
get runoob
VALUE runoob 0 9
memcached
END
delete runoob
DELETED
get runoob
END
delete runoob
NOT_FOUND

1.13.3. Output ¶

Output information description:

• DELETED :Deleted successfully.

• ERROR :Syntax error or deletion failed.

• NOT_FOUND : key doesn’t exist.