Benchmark: Elastic find index fast

Script Preparation code:

var arr = [];
var i = 0;

while (i <= 1E5) arr[i] = i++;

Tests:

Array.prototype.findIndex
const index = arr.findIndex(item => item === 1E5);
For loop
var index = -1 for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if(arr[i] === 1E5) { index = i; break; } }
While loop
let index = -1; let i = 0 const len = arr.length; while (++i < len) { if (arr[i] === 1E5) { index = i break; } }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Test case name	Result
Array.prototype.findIndex
For loop
While loop

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Slowest: N/A

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**Benchmark Definition JSON**

The provided `benchmark` object defines two test cases:

1. **Elastic find index fast**: This is the name of the benchmark, which appears to be related to searching for an element in an array (specifically, finding an index where a certain value exists).
2. **Script Preparation Code**: The script generates an array `arr` with 100,000 elements and assigns each element a unique integer value from 0 to 99,999.
3. **Html Preparation Code**: This is empty, indicating that no HTML code needs to be prepared for the benchmark.

**Individual Test Cases**

The benchmark defines three test cases:

1. **Array.prototype.findIndex**
	* Benchmark Definition: `const index = arr.findIndex(item => item === 1E5);`
	* Purpose: Find the index of a specific element (in this case, `1E5`) in the generated array using the `findIndex` method.
2. **For loop**
	* Benchmark Definition: `var index = -1; for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if(arr[i] === 1E5) { index = i; break; } }`
	* Purpose: Find the index of a specific element in the array using a traditional for loop.
3. **While loop**
	* Benchmark Definition: `let index = -1; let i = 0; const len = arr.length; while (++i < len) { if (arr[i] === 1E5) { index = i; break; } }`
	* Purpose: Find the index of a specific element in the array using a traditional while loop.

**Library**

None of these test cases use a library specifically. They are built-in JavaScript methods.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

The `findIndex` method uses a modern JavaScript feature called **arrow functions**, which were introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6). Arrow functions provide a concise way to define small, one-time use functions. In this case, the arrow function is used as a callback for the `findIndex` method.

**Browser and Environment**

The benchmark results are from running the benchmarks on a Firefox 117 browser on a Mac OS X 10.15 desktop environment.

**Other Alternatives**

To measure which of these approaches is faster, one could also use:

* Other JavaScript engines like V8 (Chrome) or SpiderMonkey (Firefox)
* Different programming languages (e.g., Python, Java) to compare the performance of each approach
* Online benchmarking tools like JSHint, JSPerf, or Benchmark.js

Keep in mind that the results may vary depending on the specific environment and hardware used.

Related benchmarks:

Elastic find index fast (version: 0)

Measuring which is faster

Comparing performance of: Array.prototype.findIndex vs For loop vs While loop

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Array.prototype.findIndex

For loop

While loop

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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