Underscore.each vs jQuery.each vs. for loop vs. forEach (v102)

Revision 102 of this benchmark created on

Description

All test assume you want to do something with the loop index, the relative item in the array in a specific context, and the resulting array.

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="//documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js">
</script>
<script>
  var pi = Math.PI,
      a = new Array(1000),
      cxt = {value:Math.floor(Math.random()*1000)},
      self = cxt,
      o,
      e,
      r;

var f_each = function(a, fn) {
    for (var i = 0, l = a.length; i < l; i++) {
        fn(a[i], i);
    }
    return a;
}


</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery.each
r = $.each(a, function(i, it) {
  o = it;
  e = pi + o + self.value;
});
ready
good old for loop
for (var item, i = 0, len = a.length; i < len; i++) {
  o = a[i];
  e = pi + o + self.value;
};
r = a;
ready
underscore.each
_.each(a, function(it, i) {
  o = it;
  e = pi + o + this.value;
}, cxt);
r = a;
ready
good old for loop (decrementing)
var i = a.length;
for (; i > 0; i--) {
  o = a[i];
  e = pi + o + self.value;
};
r = a;
ready
forEach
a.forEach(function(it, i) {
  o = it;
  e = pi + o + this.value;
}, cxt);
r = a;
ready
functional
r = f_each(a, function(it, i) {
    o = it;
    e = pi + o + self.value;
});
ready

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