Creating a regex in and outside a loop

Benchmark created by Shane O'Sullivan on

Description

Tests the cost of repeatedly declaring a regular expression rather than just declaring it once

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In a loop
var txt1 = 'mary is at home';
var txt2 = 'john is at home';
for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  txt1.match(/mary/);
  txt2.match(/mary/);
}
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Outside a loop
var txt1 = 'mary is at home';
var txt2 = 'john is at home';
var regex = /mary/;
for(var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  txt1.match(regex);
  txt2.match(regex);
}
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