Benchmark: findkey vs find - MeasureThat.net

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.16.0/lodash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var partnerType = {a: 'na', b: 'pos'}
var pointOfSaleType = 'na'

Tests:

find
_.find(partnerType, item => item === pointOfSaleType);
findkey
_.findKey(partnerType, item => item === pointOfSaleType);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
find
findkey

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/134.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 134 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
find	11621913.0 Ops/sec
findkey	14301879.0 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases.

**Benchmark Definition:**

The benchmark is designed to compare the performance of two methods for finding an item in an object:

1. `_.find()`: This method returns the first value in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
2. `_.findKey()`: This method returns the key of the first value in the object that satisfies the provided testing function.

**Options Compared:**

The benchmark is comparing two options:

1. Using `_.find()` to find an item in an object.
2. Using `_.findKey()` to find a key in an object.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach:**

* `_.find()`: This approach is suitable when you need to find a value in an array or a sequence, not necessarily an object. However, it can be less efficient than `_.findKey()` because it needs to iterate over the entire array to find the matching value.
	+ Pros:
		- Can handle arrays and sequences
		- May be faster for large datasets
	+ Cons:
		- Less efficient for objects
* `_.findKey()`: This approach is specifically designed for finding a key in an object. It can be more efficient than `_.find()` because it only needs to iterate over the keys of the object.
	+ Pros:
		- More efficient for objects
		- Specifically designed for this use case
	+ Cons:
		- Less flexible than `_.find()`

**Library:**

The benchmark is using Lodash, a popular JavaScript utility library. The specific functions used are:

1. `_`: This is the root object of Lodash, providing access to various utility functions.
2. `_.find()`: This function returns the first value in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
3. `_.findKey()`: This function returns the key of the first value in the object that satisfies the provided testing function.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax:**

There is no special JavaScript feature or syntax used in this benchmark. The code uses standard JavaScript functions and data types.

**Other Alternatives:**

If you prefer to use native JavaScript methods, you can achieve similar results using:

1. `Array.prototype.findIndex()`: This method returns the index of the first element in the array that satisfies the provided testing function.
2. `Object.keys()` and `Array.prototype.includes()`: You can use these two functions together to find a key in an object.

Keep in mind that these alternatives may not be as efficient or flexible as Lodash's `_.findKey()` method.

**Benchmark Preparation Code:**

The script preparation code is:
```javascript
var partnerType = {a: 'na', b: 'pos'};
var pointOfSaleType = 'na';
```
This code defines two objects, `partnerType` and `pointOfSaleType`, which will be used as input to the benchmark.

**Individual Test Cases:**

The test cases are defined in the "Test Name" section of each object. There are two test cases:

1. `"find"`: This test case uses `_.find()` to find an item in the `partnerType` object.
2. `"findkey"`: This test case uses `_.findKey()` to find a key in the `partnerType` object.

The raw benchmark result data is provided, showing the execution performance of each test case on various devices and browsers.

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find

findkey

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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