ZPOPMAX

Removes and returns the highest-score member and its score.

Sorted sets · Example verified

Syntax covered here

ZPOPMAX key

The plain form selects one member from the prepared sorted set.

Tested example & replies

Requests below run in order against an empty database. Each connection authenticates with the fixture password first. Quoted values are strings; null is a nil reply; arrays preserve RESP order.

# connection: default
> ZADD scores 1 a 2 b
2
# connection: default
> ZPOPMAX scores
["b","2"]