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Determine if a keys exists.
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.. index:: object: memcached_st

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SYNOPSIS
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#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
 
.. c:function::  memcached_return_t memcached_exist(memcached_st *ptr, char *key, size_t *key_length)

.. c:function::  memcached_return_t memcached_exist_by_key(memcached_st *ptr, char *group_key, size_t *group_key_length, char *key, size_t *key_length)

   .. versionadded:: 0.53

Compile and link with -lmemcached


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DESCRIPTION
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:c:func:`memcached_exist()` can be used to check to see if a key exists. No value is returned if the key exists, or does not exist, on the server. 


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RETURN
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:c:func:`memcached_exist()` sets error to 
to :c:type:`MEMCACHED_SUCCESS` upon finding that the key exists.
:c:type:`MEMCACHED_NOTFOUND` will be return if the key is not found.


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HOME
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To find out more information please check:
`http://libmemcached.org/ <http://libmemcached.org/>`_


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SEE ALSO
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:manpage:`memcached(1)` :manpage:`libmemcached(3)` :manpage:`memcached_strerror(3)`