Benchmark: Uniq by sorting test

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.21/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var myArr = Array.from({
    length: 16000
}, () => ({ value: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000) }));

var myCopy = null;

Tests:

Lodash uniqBy
myCopy = _.uniqBy(myArr, 'value');
Custom uniq array
const itemIdSet = new Set(myArr.map(item => item.value)); const uniqueItems = []; itemIdSet.forEach(value => { const uniqueItem = myArr.find(item => item.value === value); if (uniqueItem) uniqueItems.push(uniqueItem); }); myCopy = uniqueItems;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Lodash uniqBy
Custom uniq array

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/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/126.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 126 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Lodash uniqBy	3437.6 Ops/sec
Custom uniq array	823.6 Ops/sec

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

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I'll break down the provided benchmark definitions and explain what's being tested, compared options, pros and cons, and other considerations.

**Benchmark Definition**

The provided benchmark definition is a JSON object that contains the following information:

* `Name`: A unique name for the benchmark.
* `Description`: An optional description of the benchmark (not used in this case).
* `Script Preparation Code`: A JavaScript code snippet that prepares the data for the benchmark. In this case, it creates an array of 16,000 objects with a random value between 0 and 999.
* `Html Preparation Code`: A script tag that includes the Lodash library version 4.17.21.

**Individual Test Cases**

There are two test cases:

1. **Lodash uniqBy**
	* `Benchmark Definition`: The code snippet `myCopy = _.uniqBy(myArr, 'value');` uses the Lodash library to create a new array with unique elements based on the value property.
2. **Custom uniq array**
	* `Benchmark Definition`: The code snippet creates two arrays: `itemIdSet` and `uniqueItems`. It then iterates over `itemIdSet`, finds the corresponding element in `myArr` using `find()`, and pushes it to `uniqueItems` if found.

**What's being tested?**

Both test cases are measuring the performance of unique array creation. The first test case uses a well-known library (Lodash), while the second test case implements a custom solution.

**Options compared**

The two options being compared are:

1. **Lodash uniqBy**: Uses the `uniqBy` function from Lodash to create a new array with unique elements.
2. **Custom uniq array**: Manually creates an array of unique elements using a loop and the `find()` method.

**Pros and Cons**

* **Lodash uniqBy**
	+ Pros:
		- Well-established library with optimized performance.
		- Easy to use and understand.
	+ Cons:
		- Requires an additional library dependency (Lodash).
		- May have a higher overhead due to the library's complexity.
* **Custom uniq array**
	+ Pros:
		- No external dependencies required.
		- Can be optimized for specific use cases or performance requirements.
	+ Cons:
		- More complex and harder to understand, especially for those without experience with manual iteration and array manipulation.
		- May not be as efficient as the optimized Lodash implementation.

**Other Considerations**

* **Performance**: Both tests create a large array of unique elements, so the results are sensitive to the performance characteristics of each approach. The test case that uses `uniqBy` is likely to have better performance due to Lodash's optimization and caching.
* **Code readability and maintainability**: The custom implementation may be harder to understand and maintain, especially for developers without experience with manual array manipulation.

**Browser-specific considerations**

The benchmark results are for a specific browser (Chrome 126) and device platform (Desktop). This means that the performance differences between Lodash `uniqBy` and the custom implementation might not be apparent in other browsers or devices.

Related benchmarks:

Uniq by sorting test (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Lodash uniqBy vs Custom uniq array

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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Lodash uniqBy

Custom uniq array

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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