test vs match (v8)

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Preparation HTML

<script>
  var type = 'bookmarks',
      regexp_s = /^products|bookmarks|recent|search$/,
      regexp = /products|bookmarks|recent|search/,
      sregexp_s = '/^products|bookmarks|recent|search$/',
      sregexp = '/products|bookmarks|recent|search/';
</script>

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test
/products|bookmarks|recent|search/.test(type)
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match
type.match(/products|bookmarks|recent|search/)
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test predef
regexp.test(type)
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test predef sharp
regexp_s.test(type)
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match predef
// Simple JavaScript Templating
// John Resig - http://ejohn.org/ - MIT Licensed
(function() {
 var cache = {};

 this.tmpl = function tmpl(str, data) {
  // Figure out if we're getting a template, or if we need to
  // load the template - and be sure to cache the result.
  var fn = !/\W/.test(str) ? cache[str] = cache[str] || tmpl(document.getElementById(str).innerHTML) :

  // Generate a reusable function that will serve as a template
  // generator (and which will be cached).
  new Function("obj", "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" +

  // Introduce the data as local variables using with(){}
  "with(obj){p.push('" +

  // Convert the template into pure JavaScript
  str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ").split("<%").join("\t").replace(/((^|%>)[^\t]*)'/g, "$1\r").replace(/\t=(.*?)%>/g, "',$1,'").split("\t").join("');").split("%>").join("p.push('").split("\r").join("\\'") + "');}return p.join('');");

  // Provide some basic currying to the user
  return data ? fn(data) : fn;
 };
})();
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test new regexp
var r = new RegExp(sregexp);
r.test(type);
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test new regexp sharp
var r = new RegExp(sregexp_s);
r.test(type);
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match from string
type.match(sregexp);
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match sharp from string
type.match(sregexp_s);
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