RegExp test vs. Match (v12)

Revision 12 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var strings = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < 500; ++i) {
   strings[i] = "The end of the beginning? Or the beginning of the end?";
  }
  
  var regex1 = "beginning",
      regex2 = "(end of).*(end)",
      regex3 = "beginnizg";
</script>

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Match
for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; ++i) {
 var b = strings[i].match(regex1),
     b2 = strings[i].match(regex2),
     b3 = strings[i].match(regex3);
}
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Test
for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; ++i) {
 var b = RegExp(regex1).test(strings[i]),
     b2 = RegExp(regex2).test(strings[i]),
     b3 = RegExp(regex3).test(strings[i]);
}
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Equal2
for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; ++i) {
 var b = regex1 == (strings[i]),
     b2 = regex2  == (strings[i]),
     b3 = regex3  == (strings[i]);
}
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Equal3
for (var i = 0; i < strings.length; ++i) {
 var b = regex1 === (strings[i]),
     b2 = regex2  === (strings[i]),
     b3 = regex3  === (strings[i]);
}
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