regexp vs indexOf (v2)

Revision 2 of this benchmark created on

Description

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

Preparation HTML

<div id="foo" class="a foo bar"></div>

Setup

var r;
    var element = document.getElementById('foo');
    var reContains = / foo /;
    
    function dynamicRegExp(node) {
      return RegExp(' foo ').test(node.className);
    }
    
    function inlineRegExp(node) {
      return / foo /.test(node.className);
    }
    
    function storedRegExp(node) {
      return reContains.test(node.className);
    }
    
    function stringIndexOf(node) {
      return ~(' ' + node.className + ' ').indexOf(' foo ');
    }

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
dynamic regexp
r = dynamicRegExp(element);
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inline regexp
r = inlineRegExp(element);
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stored regexp
r = storedRegExp(element);
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string indexOf
r = stringIndexOf(element);
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