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json stringify vs string tostring
(version: 0)
Comparing performance of:
toString vs JSON.stringify
Created:
3 years ago
by:
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Script Preparation code:
function makeTestData() { return 'parentId' }
Tests:
toString
makeTestData().toString()
JSON.stringify
JSON.stringify(makeTestData());
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Suite status:
<idle, ready to run>
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Result
toString
JSON.stringify
Fastest:
N/A
Slowest:
N/A
Latest run results:
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(Test run date:
one year ago
)
User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/132.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Browser/OS:
Chrome 132 on Windows
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toString
81.5M/s
JSON.stringify
11.2M/s
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toString
81,478,064 Ops/sec
JSON.stringify
11,206,178 Ops/sec
Autogenerated LLM Summary
(model
llama3.2:3b
, generated one year ago):
Let's break down the provided benchmark and its options. **Benchmark Definition** The benchmark is comparing two JavaScript methods: `toString()` and `JSON.stringify()`. The purpose of this benchmark is to measure which method is faster for converting an object to a string in JavaScript. **Options being compared** There are two options being compared: 1. **`toString()`**: This method converts the object to a string using the built-in `toString()` method. 2. **`JSON.stringify()`**: This method converts the object to a JSON-formatted string using the built-in `JSON.stringify()` function. **Pros and Cons** * **`toString()`**: + Pros: Generally faster, as it doesn't require parsing or formatting the object into a string. It's also more lightweight. + Cons: May not produce a human-readable string representation of the object, especially if the object contains complex data structures like arrays or objects. * **`JSON.stringify()`**: + Pros: Produces a human-readable string representation of the object, which can be useful for debugging or logging purposes. It also handles complex data structures correctly. + Cons: Generally slower than `toString()`, especially for large objects, as it requires parsing and formatting the object into a JSON-formatted string. **Library used** Neither `toString()` nor `JSON.stringify()` uses any external libraries. They are both built-in JavaScript methods. **Special JS feature or syntax** There is no special JavaScript feature or syntax being used in this benchmark. It's a simple comparison of two basic methods. **Other alternatives** If you wanted to compare other options, here are some alternatives: * **`String.prototype.concat()`**: This method concatenates the string representation of multiple objects into a single string. * **`JSON.stringify()` with custom replacer function**: If you want to customize the formatting of the JSON-formatted string, you can pass a `replacer` function as an argument to `JSON.stringify()`.
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