Inserting into a sorted array (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var findLocationFor = function(n, arr) {
      var i = Math.floor(arr.length / 2);
      var prev_i = arr.length;
      while (1) {
        var b = i;
        if (arr[i] === n) return i + 1;
        if (arr[i] < n) {
          if (i === arr.length - 1 || arr[i + 1] > n) {
            return i + 1;
          }
  
          i += Math.floor(Math.abs(prev_i - i) / 2);
        } else // arr[i] > n
        {
          if (i === 0 || arr[i - 1] < n) {
            return i + 1;
          }
  
          i -= Math.floor(Math.abs(prev_i - i) / 2);
        }
        prev_i = b;
      }
      }

var findIndexOf = function(n, array) {
    var low = 0, high = array.length;
    while (low < high) {
      var mid = (low + high) >>> 1;
      array[mid] < n ? low = mid + 1 : high = mid;
    }
    return low;
  };
</script>

Setup

var largeArray = [];
    for (var n = 0; n < 10000; n++) {
      largeArray.push(n);
    }
    
    var newVal = 1337.5;

Teardown


    delete largeArray;

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
push() and sort()
largeArray.push(newVal);
largeArray.sort(function(a, b) {
  return a - b;
});
ready
splice()
var newPos = findLocationFor(newVal, largeArray);
largeArray.splice(newPos, 0, newVal);
ready
binary search
var newPos = findIndexOf(newVal, largeArray);
largeArray.splice(newPos, 0, newVal);
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