for vs forEach (v15)

Revision 15 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var i, values = [],
      sum = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
   values[i] = i;
  }
  
  function add(val) {
   sum += val;
  }
</script>

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TestOps/sec
forEach
values.forEach(add);
ready
for loop, simple
for (i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
for loop, cached length
var len = values.length;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
for loop, reverse
for (i = values.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
forEach more local
(function() {
 var sum = 0;
 values.forEach(function(val) {
  sum += val;
 });
})();
ready
while, cached
var i = 0, l = values.length;
while (i++ < l) {
  add(values[i-1]);
}
ready
while, reverse
var i = values.length;
while (i--) {
  add(values[i]);
}
ready
for, reverse, simpler
for (i = values.length; i--;) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready

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