Array .concat() vs. .push() (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created on

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Compare .concat(), .push(), and .push.apply()

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.push() (with empty array of length == 10)
var arr = new Array(10),
    toAdd = new Array(10);

for (var i = 0, iM = toAdd.length; i < iM; i++) {
  arr.push(toAdd[i]);
}
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.push() (array of numbers)
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
    toAdd = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];

for (var i = 0, iM = toAdd.length; i < iM; i++) {
  arr.push(toAdd[i]);
}
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.concat() (with empty array of length == 10)
var arr = new Array(10),
    toAdd = new Array(10);

arr = arr.concat(toAdd);
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.concat() (array of numbers)
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
    toAdd = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];

arr = arr.concat(toAdd);
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.push.apply()
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
    toAdd = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];

arr.push.apply(arr, toAdd);
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some
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
    toAdd = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
toAdd.some(function(e) {
  arr.push(e);
})
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associative
var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
    toAdd = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];

for(var i in toAdd){
 arr[i+10]=toAdd[i];
}
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