# Redis Lists

> Learn how to work with Redis lists using LPUSH and RPUSH to add items, LLEN to count them, LPOP and RPOP to remove them, and LRANGE to read a range of items.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2020-07-27 | Topics: [Redis](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/redis/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/redis-lists/

A list is a set of key-values pairs linked to each other. 

`LPUSH` and `RPUSH` are the two commands to work with lists.

You use the command `LPUSH <listkey> <value>` 
to create the first item.

Example:

```
LPUSH names "Flavio"
```

Then subsequent items can be added at the bottom of the list: `RPUSH <listkey> <value>` 

Or at the top of the list with `LPUSH <listkey> <value>`.

Example:

```
LPUSH names "Flavio"
LPUSH names "Syd"
RPUSH names "Roger"
```

You can add duplicate values into a list.

```
LPUSH names "Flavio"
LPUSH names "Flavio"
RPUSH names "Flavio"
```

A list can hold a big number of items, more than 4 billions.

Count how many items are in a list with `LLEN <listkey>`.

Get and remove the last item in a list with `RPOP <listkey>`. Do the same with the first item with `LPOP`.

Remove multiple items from the list using the `LREM` command.

You can limit how long a list is using `LTRIM`.

`LTRIM names 0 1` cuts the list to just 2 items, item at position 0 (the first) and item at position 1.

Using `LRANGE` you can get the items in the list.

`LRANGE names 0 100` returns items starting at position 0 (the beginning), ending at position 100.

`LRANGE names 0 0` returns the item in position 0 (the first).

`LRANGE names 2 2` returns the item in position 2.

`LRANGE names 0 -1` lists all items.

See all the lists commands [here](https://redis.io/commands#list).