String.concat() vs. Array .join() vs. + operator (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created by smITc on

Description

This testcase compares performance of string concatenation (+) versus the native Array.prototype.join() and String.prototype.concat() methods.

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var array = [];
  for (i = 0; i < 500; ++i)
  array.push("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" + i);
  Array.prototype._join = function(p) {
    var l = this.length,
        i = 1,
        r = this[0] || '',
        s = p || '';
    while (i < l) r += s + this[i++];
    return r;
  };
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Array._join
var result = array._join('-');
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Array.join
var result = array.join('-');
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while loop
var l = array.length,
    r = array[0] || "",
    i = 1,
    s = '-';
while (i < l) r += '' + array[i++];
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closure function
var r = (function(l, s) {
  var x = array[0] || '',
      i = 1;
  while (i < l) x += s + array[i++];
  return x;
})(array.length, '-');
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