Benchmark: Trimming leading/trailing characterss

Script Preparation code:

var TestString = '+'.repeat(200) + '='.repeat(20000) + '+'.repeat(200);

var regexTrim = function(str, ch) {
    if (ch === ']') ch = '\\]';
    else if (ch === '^') ch = '\\^';
    else if (ch === '\\') ch = '\\\\';
    return str.replace(new RegExp('^[' + ch + ']+|[' + ch + ']+$', 'g'), '');
};

function indexTrim(str, ch) {
    var start = 0, 
        end = str.length,
        chList = [...ch];

    while(start < end && chList.includes(str[start]))
        ++start;

    while(end > start && chList.includes(str[end - 1]))
        --end;

    return (start > 0 || end < str.length) ? str.substring(start, end) : str;
}

function booleanTrim(str, ch) {
    return str.split(ch).filter(Boolean).join(ch);
}

function spreadTrim(str, ch) {
    const first = [...str].findIndex(char => char !== ch);
    const last = [...str].reverse().findIndex(char => char !== ch);
    return str.substring(first, str.length - last);
}

function substringTrim(str, ch) {
    while(str.charAt(0)==ch) {
        str = str.substring(1);
    }

    while(str.charAt(str.length-1)==ch) {
        str = str.substring(0,str.length-1);
    }

    return str;
}

Tests:

Index Version (Jason Larke)
indexTrim(TestString, '+');
Regex Version (leaf)
regexTrim(TestString, '+')
Boolean Filter Version (mbaer3000)
booleanTrim(TestString, '+')
Spread Version (Robin F.)
spreadTrim(TestString, '+')
Substring Version (Pho3niX83)
substringTrim(TestString, '+')

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Index Version (Jason Larke)
Regex Version (leaf)
Boolean Filter Version (mbaer3000)
Spread Version (Robin F.)
Substring Version (Pho3niX83)

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Slowest: N/A

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**Benchmark Overview**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of four different trimming algorithms for leading and trailing characters in a string:

1. `indexTrim`: Uses a simple iterative approach to find and remove leading/trailing characters.
2. `regexTrim`: Utilizes regular expressions to match and replace leading/trailing characters.
3. `booleanTrim`: Employs the `split()` method followed by filtering out empty strings using `Boolean`.
4. `spreadTrim`: Uses the spread operator (`...`) to find the first and last occurrence of a character, then removes them from the string.

**Options Compared**

The benchmark compares the performance of each algorithm across various browsers (Chrome 92) on different devices (Desktop).

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

1. `indexTrim`:
	* Pros: Simple, easy to understand, and potentially efficient for small strings.
	* Cons: May not be optimized for larger strings or edge cases.
2. `regexTrim`:
	* Pros: Flexible and effective for matching specific patterns, but can be slower due to the overhead of regular expressions.
	* Cons: May have performance issues with complex patterns or very large strings.
3. `booleanTrim`:
	* Pros: Simple and efficient, as it leverages the `split()` method and filtering out empty strings.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for strings with only one character to trim.
4. `spreadTrim`:
	* Pros: Potentially efficient for large strings, as it avoids iterating over the entire string.
	* Cons: May have performance issues if the first or last occurrence of a character is rare.

**Library Used**

None of the provided code snippets use external libraries. However, some browsers may have built-in optimizations or features that could affect the performance of these algorithms (e.g., Chrome's `String.prototype.trim()` method uses regular expressions under the hood).

**Special JS Features/Syntax**

The benchmark does not utilize any special JavaScript features or syntax beyond what is standard in ECMAScript 2020.

**Alternatives**

Other trimming algorithms or approaches could be explored, such as:

1. Using `String.prototype.replaceAll()` with a replacement string of an empty character.
2. Leveraging a library like Lodash's `trim` function.
3. Implementing a custom trimming algorithm using bitwise operations (e.g., checking the first and last characters of the string).

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different performance characteristics, trade-offs, or even be less suitable for certain use cases.

Related benchmarks:

Trimming leading/trailing characterss (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Index Version (Jason Larke) vs Regex Version (leaf) vs Boolean Filter Version (mbaer3000) vs Spread Version (Robin F.) vs Substring Version (Pho3niX83)

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Index Version (Jason Larke)

Regex Version (leaf)

Boolean Filter Version (mbaer3000)

Spread Version (Robin F.)

Substring Version (Pho3niX83)

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Slowest: N/A

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