Benchmark: regex vs split+pop vs lastIndexOf+substring

Script Preparation code:

var str = 'arn:aws:evidently:us-east-1:111111:project/project/feature/newExperience';

Tests:

RegEx
str.match(/[^/]+$/)[0];
split+pop
str.split('/').pop();
lastIndexOf+substring
var n = str.lastIndexOf('/');str.substring(n + 1);

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
RegEx
split+pop
lastIndexOf+substring

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 11 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 137 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
RegEx	390028.5 Ops/sec
split+pop	19511430.0 Ops/sec
lastIndexOf+substring	28821536.0 Ops/sec

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

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Let's dive into the explanation of the provided benchmark.

**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark measures the performance of three different approaches to extract the last path component from a URL string:

1. `str.match(/[^/]+$/)[0]` (Regular Expression)
2. `str.split('/').pop()` (Split and Pop)
3. `var n = str.lastIndexOf('/') ; str.substring(n + 1)` (Last Index of and Substring)

**Options Compared**

The three options are compared in terms of their execution speed, which is measured by the number of executions per second.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

1. **Regular Expression (`str.match(/[^/]+$/)[0]`)**:
	* Pros: Can be more efficient for certain use cases where the URL format is complex or varies frequently.
	* Cons: May have higher overhead due to the complexity of regular expression syntax, which can lead to slower execution times.
2. **Split and Pop (`str.split('/').pop()`)**:
	* Pros: Simple, intuitive, and easy to understand, making it a popular choice for developers. It's also relatively fast since `split()` is optimized in JavaScript.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for complex URL formats or frequent string manipulation, as it can lead to slower execution times due to the overhead of splitting strings.
3. **Last Index of and Substring (`var n = str.lastIndexOf('/') ; str.substring(n + 1)`)**:
	* Pros: Can be efficient for simple URL formats with a fixed number of path components. It's also relatively fast since it avoids the overhead of regular expressions or string splitting.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for complex URL formats, as it requires manual indexing and substring extraction, which can lead to slower execution times.

**Library Usage**

The test case uses the `lastIndexOf()` method from the JavaScript built-in functions, which is part of the ECMAScript standard. This method is used to find the last occurrence of a specified value (in this case, the `/` character) in a string and returns its index.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in this benchmark that require additional explanation beyond what's already discussed.

**Other Alternatives**

In addition to these three approaches, other alternatives could be:

* Using `URL.prototype.pathname` (a newer API introduced in ECMAScript 2018) to extract the last path component.
* Implementing a custom solution using loop-based string manipulation or regular expressions with a more optimized implementation.
* Comparing different libraries like `js-string-extras` or `string-polyfill`, which provide utility functions for working with strings.

Keep in mind that these alternatives may not be part of the standard JavaScript syntax and might require additional setup or dependencies.

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Comparing performance of: RegEx vs split+pop vs lastIndexOf+substring

Created: 3 years ago by: Guest

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RegEx

split+pop

lastIndexOf+substring

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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