Benchmark: isInteger: regex vs isInteger

Script Preparation code:

window.case1 = new Proxy({}, {
  get(t, p, r) {
    if (Number.isInteger(p) && parseInt(p) > 0) {
      return +p
    }
    else {
      return Reflect.get(t, p, r)
    }
  }
});
window.case2 = new Proxy({}, {
  get(t, p, r) {
    if (/^\d+$/.test(p)) {
      return +p
    }
    else {
      return Reflect.get(t, p, r)
    }
  }
});
window.gabage1 = 0;
window.gabage2 = 0;

Tests:

isNumber
for (let i = 0; i < 1e6;i++) { gabage1 =+ case1[i]; }
regex
for (let i = 0; i < 1e6;i++) { gabage2 += case2[i]; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
isNumber
regex

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 135 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
isNumber	4.7 Ops/sec
regex	4.7 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmarking test case.

**Overview**

The test case compares two approaches to check if an object property key is a number: using `Number.isInteger()` and regular expressions (`/^\\d+$/`).

**Approaches Compared**

1. **`Number.isInteger()`**: This method checks if a value is an integer, i.e., the number part of a float, without any fractional part. It returns `true` for integers like 42, -34, and 0.
2. **Regular Expression (`/^\\d+$/`)**: This regular expression pattern matches one or more digits (`\\d+`) at the start (`^`) and end (`$`) of a string. If the entire string consists only of digits, the test returns `true`.

**Pros and Cons**

1. **`Number.isInteger()`**:
	* Pros:
		+ More intuitive for checking integer values.
		+ Less memory-intensive due to fewer function calls.
	* Cons:
		+ May not work correctly with negative integers or zero (returns `false`).
2. **Regular Expression (`/^\\d+$/`)**:
	* Pros:
		+ Works correctly with negative integers and zero.
		+ More flexible than `Number.isInteger()` for checking integer values.
	* Cons:
		+ Less readable due to the use of regular expressions.
		+ May be slower due to the overhead of regex processing.

**Library Used**

None in this case, as both approaches rely on built-in JavaScript methods and functions.

**Special JS Features/Syntax**

The test case uses a few modern features:

1. **Arrow Functions**: The `get()` method's callback function is defined using an arrow function (`(t, p, r) => ...`).
2. **Proxy Objects**: A proxy object is created to modify the behavior of property access.
3. **Template Literals**: Template literals are used in the HTML preparation code (`window.gabage1 = 0;`, `window.gabage2 = 0;`).

**Other Alternatives**

For this specific use case, other alternatives could be:

1. **`typeof` operator**: Checking if a value is an integer using `typeof p === 'number' && Number.isInteger(p)` would be equivalent to the `Number.isInteger()` method.
2. **Regular Expression (`/^[+-]?\d+$/`)`: This regular expression pattern matches one or more digits, optionally preceded by a sign (`+` or `-`).

Related benchmarks:

isInteger: regex vs isInteger (version: 0)

judge an object property key is a number

Comparing performance of: isNumber vs regex

Created: 5 years ago by: Guest

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isNumber

regex

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):