regexp vs indexOf (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created by John-David Dalton on

Description

Checking the performance cost of using a regexp instead of String#indexOf.

Setup

var r;
    var reContains = /(?:^| )foo(?: |$)/;
    
    function dynamicRegExp(className) {
      return RegExp('(?:^| )foo(?: |$)').test(className);
    }
    
    function inlineRegExp(className) {
      return /(?:^| )foo(?: |$)/.test(className);
    }
    
    function storedRegExp(className) {
      return reContains.test(className);
    }
    
    function stringIndexOf(className) {
      return (' ' + className + ' ').indexOf(' foo ') > -1;
    }

Test runner

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Testing in
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dynamic regexp
r = dynamicRegExp('a foo bar');
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inline regexp
r = inlineRegExp('a foo bar');
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stored regexp
r = storedRegExp('a foo bar');
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string indexOf
r = stringIndexOf('a foo bar');
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