Empty vs. null vs. undefined

Benchmark created by Milan Adamovsky on

Description

Want to see what is the best way to pass an empty parameter.

Setup

var myNull = null,
        myUndef = undefined,
        myEmpty = "";

Test runner

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Testing in
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null
(function (x)
 {
  var a = "error";

  if (x === null)
   {
    a = x;
   }

  return a;
 })(null);
ready
empty
(function (x)
 {
  var a = "error";

  if (x === "")
   {
    a = x;
   }

  return a;
 })("");
ready
undefined
(function (x)
 {
  var a = "error";

  if (x === undefined)
   {
    a = x;
   }

  return a;
 })(undefined);
ready
myNull
(function (x)
 {
  var a = "error";

  if (x === myNull)
   {
    a = x;
   }

  return a;
 })(null);
ready

Revisions

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  • Revision 1: published by Milan Adamovsky on
  • Revision 3: published by Milan Adamovsky on