Exec() vs. Match() vs Test() (v2)

Revision 2 of this benchmark created by Fabien Ménager on

Description

Tests the performance between Javascript's .exec(), .match() and .test().

Note that the .test() testcase doesn't give the same results as the others (it gives only a boolean).

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var regex = /\d+_(\d+)_/;
  var value = "asdfjalsdkfj_89734_08934_asdaskjdk";
</script>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
.match()
value.match(regex)
ready
.exec()
regex.exec(value)
ready
.test()
regex.test(value)
ready

Revisions

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