$.inArray, _.indexOf, and a simple loop (v39)

Revision 39 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.3.3/underscore-min.js">
</script>

Setup

var r;
    var array = [ ];
    for (var i=0; i<300; i++) {
    array[i] = String(i);
    }
    
    function contains(array, value) {
      var index = -1,
          length = array.length;
    
      while (++index < length) {
        if (array[index] === value) {
          return true;
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

Test runner

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$.inArray
r = $.inArray('33', array);
r = $.inArray('5', array);
r = $.inArray('500', array);
ready
_.indexOf
r = $.inArray('33', array);
r = $.inArray('5', array);
r = $.inArray('500', array);
ready
Simple loop
r = $.inArray('33', array);
r = $.inArray('5', array);
r = $.inArray('500', array);
ready
Underscore binary search
r = $.inArray('33', array);
r = $.inArray('5', array);
r = $.inArray('500', array);
ready

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