Benchmark: string comparation

Script Preparation code:

var string1 = "lorem ipsum sim dolor amet sensei shaolin";
var string2 = "lorem ipsum sim dolor amet sensei shaolin crescator";

var empty = 0;

Tests:

simple
if (string1 !== string2) { empty = 0; }
locale
if (string1.localeCompare(string2) !== 0) { empty = 0; }

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simple
locale

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**Benchmark Definition:**
The benchmark is testing string comparison in JavaScript, specifically between two identical strings ("lorem ipsum sim dolor amet sensei shaolin" and "lorem ipsum sim dolor amet sensei shaolin crescator"). The goal is to see which approach (or library) performs better when checking for inequality between these two strings.

**Script Preparation Code:**
The script defines two variables, `string1` and `string2`, with the identical string values. It also declares a variable `empty` initialized to 0.

**Html Preparation Code:**
There is no HTML preparation code provided, so we can assume that the benchmark focuses solely on JavaScript execution performance.

**Individual Test Cases:**

**Test Case 1: "simple"**
This test case uses a simple if statement with the following code:
```javascript
if (string1 !== string2) {
    empty = 0;
}
```
This approach compares the two strings using the `!==` operator, which performs a strict equality check.

**Pros and Cons:**

* Pros: Simple, straightforward comparison.
* Cons: May not take advantage of more advanced string comparison features or optimizations available in modern JavaScript engines.

**Test Case 2: "locale"**
This test case uses the `localeCompare()` method with the following code:
```javascript
if (string1.localeCompare(string2) !== 0) {
    empty = 0;
}
```
The `localeCompare()` method is a more advanced string comparison function that takes into account locale-specific rules and character casing. It returns an integer value indicating the relative order of the two strings.

**Pros and Cons:**

* Pros: Can take advantage of locale-specific rules, case-insensitive comparison, and more accurate ordering.
* Cons: May be slower than simple `!==` comparisons due to its additional overhead.

**Library:**
The `localeCompare()` method is part of the ECMAScript Standard Library, which provides a standardized way to compare strings while taking into account locale-specific differences.

**Special JS Feature/ Syntax:**
No special JavaScript features or syntax are being used in this benchmark. The focus is solely on comparing two identical strings using different approaches.

**Other Alternatives:**

* Other string comparison methods available in modern JavaScript engines, such as `===` (loose equality), `==` (coerce-to-string comparison), and `toString()`-based comparisons.
* Using libraries like Lodash or other string manipulation utilities that provide additional comparison functions (e.g., `lodash.isEqual()`, `lodash.equals()`).

Keep in mind that the specific details of these alternatives might not be relevant to this particular benchmark, as it primarily focuses on comparing identical strings using different approaches.

Related benchmarks:

string comparation (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: simple vs locale

Created: 9 years ago by: Guest

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simple

locale

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):