Benchmark: Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Map - testing with simpler data again again

Script Preparation code:

var map2 = new Map();

map2.set('cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('dog', 'Pup');
map2.set('1cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('1cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('1cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('1dog', 'Pup');
map2.set('2cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('2cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('2cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('2dog', 'Pup');

var babyAnimal2 = {
    cat: 'Kitten',
    cattle: 'Calf',
    cheetah: 'Cub',
    dog: 'Pup',
    "1cat": 'Kitten',
    "1cattle": 'Calf',
    "1cheetah": 'Cub',
    "1dog": 'Pup',
    "2cat": 'Kitten',
    "2cattle": 'Calf',
    "2cheetah": 'Cub',
    "2dog": 'Pup',
}

var animals = ["dog", "cat", "cattle", "cheetah","1dog", "1cat", "1cattle", "1cheetah","2dog", "2cat", "2cattle", "2cheetah",];

Tests:

Switch
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { switch(animal){ case 'cat': return 'Kitten' case 'cattle': return 'Calf' case 'cheetah': return 'Cub' case 'dog': return 'Pup' case '1cat': return 'Kitten' case '1cattle': return 'Calf' case '1cheetah': return 'Cub' case '1dog': return 'Pup' case '2cat': return 'Kitten' case '2cattle': return 'Calf' case '2cheetah': return 'Cub' case '2dog': return 'Pup' default: return "I don't know that" } } console.log(test(animal)) }
Object Literal
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { var babyAnimal = { cat: 'Kitten', cattle: 'Calf', cheetah: 'Cub', dog: 'Pup', "1cat": 'Kitten', "1cattle": 'Calf', "1cheetah": 'Cub', "1dog": 'Pup', "2cat": 'Kitten', "2cattle": 'Calf', "2cheetah": 'Cub', "2dog": 'Pup', } return babyAnimal[animal] ?? "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
If Else
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { if(animal==='cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='dog'){ return 'Pup'; } else if(animal==='1cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='1cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='1cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='1dog'){ return 'Pup'; } else if(animal==='2cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='2cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='2cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='2dog'){ return 'Pup'; } return "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Object Literal defined outside function
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { return babyAnimal2[animal] ?? "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Map
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { const map1 = new Map(); map2.set('cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('dog', 'Pup'); map2.set('1cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('1cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('1cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('1dog', 'Pup'); map2.set('2cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('2cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('2cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('2dog', 'Pup'); return map1.get(animal) || "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Map - defined outsid function
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { return map2.get(animal) || "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
If - just for Jason ;P
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { if(animal==='cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='dog') return 'Pup'; if(animal==='1cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='1cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='1cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='1dog') return 'Pup'; if(animal==='2cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='2cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='2cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='2dog') return 'Pup'; return "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Switch
Object Literal
If Else
Object Literal defined outside function
Map
Map - defined outsid function
If - just for Jason ;P

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/129.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 129 on Windows

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Switch

3K/s

Object Literal

3K/s

If Else

3K/s

If - just for Jason ;P

3K/s

Map - defined outsid function

2K/s

Object Literal defined outside function

2K/s

Map

2K/s

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Test name	Executions per second
✓ Switch	3,128 Ops/sec
Object Literal	2,997 Ops/sec
If Else	2,793 Ops/sec
If - just for Jason ;P	2,540 Ops/sec
Map - defined outsid function	2,319 Ops/sec
Object Literal defined outside function	2,247 Ops/sec
Map	1,949 Ops/sec

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

LLMs can make mistakes. Check important info.

A classic JavaScript interview question!

The problem is that the `test` function is being called with an object, but it's expecting a string value for the `animal` property.

To fix this, you can modify the `test` function to take an object as well. Here's an updated implementation:
```javascript
function test(animal) {
  if (animal.animal === '1cattle') return 'Calf';
  if (animal.animal === '1cheetah') return 'Cub';
  if (animal.animal === '1dog') return 'Pup';
  if (animal.animal === '2cat') return 'Kitten';
  if (animal.animal === '2cattle') return 'Calf';
  if (animal.animal === '2cheetah') return 'Cub';
  if (animal.animal === '2dog') return 'Pup';
  return "I don't know that"
}
```
By adding the `.animal` property accessor, we can now access the `animal` property of the object being passed to the function.

Alternatively, you could also consider making the `test` function more flexible by using a switch statement or an object with string keys, like this:
```javascript
const animalMap = {
  '1cattle': 'Calf',
  '1cheetah': 'Cub',
  '1dog': 'Pup',
  '2cat': 'Kitten',
  '2cattle': 'Calf',
  '2cheetah': 'Cub',
  '2dog': 'Pup'
};

function test(animal) {
  return animalMap[animal];
}
```
This approach would eliminate the need for multiple `if` statements and make the code more concise.

Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Map - testing with simpler data again again (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: `Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Object Literal defined outside function vs Map vs Map - defined outsid function vs If - just for Jason ;P`

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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Switch

Object Literal

If Else

Object Literal defined outside function

Map

Map - defined outsid function

If - just for Jason ;P

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Map - testing with simpler data again again (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Object Literal defined outside function vs Map vs Map - defined outsid function vs If - just for Jason ;P

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

Switch

Object Literal

If Else

Object Literal defined outside function

Map

Map - defined outsid function

If - just for Jason ;P

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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