string indexOf vs for loop

Benchmark created by Benjamin De Cock on

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var str = "hello";

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indexOf
var index = str.indexOf("o");
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for() loop
var index = -1;
for (var i = 0, l = str.length; i < l; i++) {
  if (str[i] === "o") {
    index = i;
    break;
  }
}
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