substr or charAt? (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created on

Description

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6579774/whats-the-difference-between-substr0-1-or-charat0

Preparation HTML

<script>
  a = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
</script>

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Testing in
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substr(0,1)
a.substr(0, 1);
ready
charAt(0)
a.charAt(0)
ready
substr(10,1)
a.substr(10, 1);
ready
charAt(10)
a.charAt(10)
ready
as an array[0]
a[0]
ready
as an array[10]
a[10]
ready

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