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# uniqCombined {#agg_function-uniqcombined}
Calculates the approximate number of different argument values.
``` sql
uniqCombined(HLL_precision)(x[, ...])
```
The `uniqCombined` function is a good choice for calculating the number of different values.
**Arguments**
The function takes a variable number of parameters. Parameters can be `Tuple`, `Array`, `Date`, `DateTime`, `String`, or numeric types.
`HLL_precision` is the base-2 logarithm of the number of cells in [HyperLogLog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperLogLog). Optional, you can use the function as `uniqCombined(x[, ...])`. The default value for `HLL_precision` is 17, which is effectively 96 KiB of space (2^17 cells, 6 bits each).
**Returned value**
- A number [UInt64](../../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md)-type number.
**Implementation details**
Function:
- Calculates a hash (64-bit hash for `String` and 32-bit otherwise) for all parameters in the aggregate, then uses it in calculations.
- Uses a combination of three algorithms: array, hash table, and HyperLogLog with an error correction table.
For a small number of distinct elements, an array is used. When the set size is larger, a hash table is used. For a larger number of elements, HyperLogLog is used, which will occupy a fixed amount of memory.
- Provides the result deterministically (it doesnt depend on the query processing order).
!!! note "Note"
Since it uses 32-bit hash for non-`String` type, the result will have very high error for cardinalities significantly larger than `UINT_MAX` (error will raise quickly after a few tens of billions of distinct values), hence in this case you should use [uniqCombined64](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniqcombined64.md#agg_function-uniqcombined64)
Compared to the [uniq](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniq.md#agg_function-uniq) function, the `uniqCombined`:
- Consumes several times less memory.
- Calculates with several times higher accuracy.
- Usually has slightly lower performance. In some scenarios, `uniqCombined` can perform better than `uniq`, for example, with distributed queries that transmit a large number of aggregation states over the network.
**See Also**
- [uniq](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniq.md#agg_function-uniq)
- [uniqCombined64](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniqcombined64.md#agg_function-uniqcombined64)
- [uniqHLL12](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniqhll12.md#agg_function-uniqhll12)
- [uniqExact](../../../sql-reference/aggregate-functions/reference/uniqexact.md#agg_function-uniqexact)