Fastest array loops in Javascript (v573)

Revision 573 of this benchmark created by Jonathan Hipkiss on

Preparation HTML

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

  function someFn(ix) {
    return Math.random(ix)
  }
</script>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
Do-while loop, i--
var i = arr.length - 1;
do {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
while (i--);
ready
for of
for (var val of arr) {
  someFn(val);
}
ready
forEach
arr.forEach(function (v){
  someFn(v)
})
ready
While length-- > 0
var l = arr.length;
while(l-- > 0) {
  someFn(arr[l]);
}
ready
For..in loop
for (var i in arr) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
for loop, length outside
let arrLength = arr.length;
for (let i = 0; i < arrLength; i++) {
	someFn(arr[i])	;
}
ready
While length-- != 0
var l = arr.length;
while(l-- != 0) {
  someFn(arr[l]);
}
ready
For loop, i--
for (var i = arr.length; i > 0; i--) {
  someFn(arr[i]);
}
ready
reverse for, assigned
for (var e, i = arr.length; i--; e=arr[i] ) {
 someFn(e);
}
ready
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
Do-while loop, --i
var i = arr.length;
if (i > 0) {
  do {
    someFn(arr[i]);
  }
  while (--i);
}
ready
While length--
var l = arr.length;
while(l--) {
  someFn(arr[l]);
}
ready

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