void zremrangeGenericCommand(client *c, int rangetype) {
    robj *key = c->argv[1];
    robj *zobj;
    int keyremoved = 0;
    unsigned long deleted = 0;
    zrangespec range;
    zlexrangespec lexrange;
    long start, end, llen;

    /* Step 1: Parse the range. */
    if (rangetype == ZRANGE_RANK) {
        if ((getLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[2],&start,NULL) != C_OK) ||
            (getLongFromObjectOrReply(c,c->argv[3],&end,NULL) != C_OK))
            return;
    } else if (rangetype == ZRANGE_SCORE) {
        if (zslParseRange(c->argv[2],c->argv[3],&range) != C_OK) {
            addReplyError(c,"min or max is not a float");
            return;
        }
    } else if (rangetype == ZRANGE_LEX) {
        if (zslParseLexRange(c->argv[2],c->argv[3],&lexrange) != C_OK) {
            addReplyError(c,"min or max not valid string range item");
            return;
        }
    }

    /* Step 2: Lookup & range sanity checks if needed. */
    if ((zobj = lookupKeyWriteOrReply(c,key,shared.czero)) == NULL ||
        checkType(c,zobj,OBJ_ZSET)) goto cleanup;

    if (rangetype == ZRANGE_RANK) {
        /* Sanitize indexes. */
        llen = zsetLength(zobj);
        if (start < 0) start = llen+start;
        if (end < 0) end = llen+end;
        if (start < 0) start = 0;

        /* Invariant: start >= 0, so this test will be true when end < 0.
         * The range is empty when start > end or start >= length. */
        if (start > end || start >= llen) {
            addReply(c,shared.czero);
            goto cleanup;
        }
        if (end >= llen) end = llen-1;
    }

    /* Step 3: Perform the range deletion operation. */
    if (zobj->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_ZIPLIST) {
        switch(rangetype) {
        case ZRANGE_RANK:
            zobj->ptr = zzlDeleteRangeByRank(zobj->ptr,start+1,end+1,&deleted);
            break;
        case ZRANGE_SCORE:
            zobj->ptr = zzlDeleteRangeByScore(zobj->ptr,&range,&deleted);
            break;
        case ZRANGE_LEX:
            zobj->ptr = zzlDeleteRangeByLex(zobj->ptr,&lexrange,&deleted);
            break;
        }
        if (zzlLength(zobj->ptr) == 0) {
            dbDelete(c->db,key);
            keyremoved = 1;
        }
    } else if (zobj->encoding == OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST) {
        zset *zs = zobj->ptr;
        switch(rangetype) {
        case ZRANGE_RANK:
            deleted = zslDeleteRangeByRank(zs->zsl,start+1,end+1,zs->dict);
            break;
        case ZRANGE_SCORE:
            deleted = zslDeleteRangeByScore(zs->zsl,&range,zs->dict);
            break;
        case ZRANGE_LEX:
            deleted = zslDeleteRangeByLex(zs->zsl,&lexrange,zs->dict);
            break;
        }
        if (htNeedsResize(zs->dict)) dictResize(zs->dict);
        if (dictSize(zs->dict) == 0) {
            dbDelete(c->db,key);
            keyremoved = 1;
        }
    } else {
        serverPanic("Unknown sorted set encoding");
    }

    /* Step 4: Notifications and reply. */
    if (deleted) {
        char *event[3] = {"zremrangebyrank","zremrangebyscore","zremrangebylex"};
        signalModifiedKey(c,c->db,key);
        notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_ZSET,event[rangetype],key,c->db->id);
        if (keyremoved)
            notifyKeyspaceEvent(NOTIFY_GENERIC,"del",key,c->db->id);
    }
    server.dirty += deleted;
    addReplyLongLong(c,deleted);

cleanup:
    if (rangetype == ZRANGE_LEX) zslFreeLexRange(&lexrange);
}