RegExp test / search / match vs. indexOf (v69)

Revision 69 of this benchmark created on

Description

Testing for the existence of characters in a string using Regular Expressions test, search, and match compared to indexOf.

Added case sensitivity to search

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var str = 'INLINE-block';
  var arr = ['inline', 'inline-block', 'inline-table', 'ruby','large','array','div','with','a','lot','of','content','that','may','cause','some','issues','to','be','seen','later','on','or','perhaps','none','will','be','found','at','all','we','will','certainly','see','and','such'];
  var obj = {'inline': true, 'inline-block': true, 'inline-table': true, 'ruby': true};
</script>

Setup

var precompiledRegex = /(inline|ruby)/i;

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
test
/(inline|ruby)/i.test(str);
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search
str.search(/(inline|ruby)/i) > -1;
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match
str.match(/(inline|ruby)/i).length > 0;
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indexOf
str.indexOf(/(inline|ruby)/i) > -1;
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precompiled test
precompiledRegex.test(str);
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precompiled search
str.search(precompiledRegex) > -1;
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precompiled match
str.match(precompiledRegex).length > 0;
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precompiled indexOf
str.indexOf(precompiledRegex) > -1;
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indexOf string primitive
str.toLowerCase().indexOf('inline') > -1 || str.toLowerCase().indexOf('ruby') > -1;
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Primitive comparison
str.toLowerCase() === "inline" || str.toLowerCase() === "inline-block" || str.toLowerCase() === "inline-table" || str.toLowerCase() === "ruby";
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Array.indexOf
arr.indexOf(str.toLowerCase()) > -1;
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Object-based lookup
obj[str.toLowerCase()] === true;
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Array forloop check
var c = str.toLowerCase();
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    if (arr[i] === c) {
        return true;
    }
}
return false;
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