Fastest array loops in Javascript (v402)

Revision 402 of this benchmark created by Shane Myrick on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  // Populate the base array
  var arr = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    arr[i] = i;
  }

  function someFn(ix) {
    return ix * 5 + 1 / 3 * 8;
  }
</script>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
For loop, basic
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
While loop, basic
var i = 0;
while (i < arr.length) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
  i++;
}
ready
For loop, cached
for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
While, i--
var i = arr.length;
while (i--) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
For..in loop
for (var i in arr) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
Order
while (i = arr.shift()) {
  someFn(i);
}
ready
forEach
arr.forEach(function(v) {
  someFn(v)
})
ready
Pop
while (i = arr.pop()) {
  someFn(i);
}
ready
For..in loop (props)
for (var i in arr) {
  if (arr.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
    someFn(arr[i]);
  }
}
ready
For..of loop
for (var i of arr) {
  someFn(i);
}
ready

Revisions

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