RegExp vs indexOf (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created by ConsciousCode on

Description

Compare speed of Regex with indexOf for finding XML entities

Setup

var isPresent=/&[#-\w];/g,
        url = "Lambda (λ) is a Greek letter.";

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Testing in
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Regex
if ( -1 != url.search(isPresent) ) {
  // no op
}
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indexOf
if ( -1 != url.indexOf('&') ) {
  // no op
}
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