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new Url vs host RegEx test
(version: 0)
Comparing performance of:
new URL vs RegEx
Created:
2 years ago
by:
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Tests:
new URL
return new URL('https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/00/33/2e/00332e58-b196-82cf-1231-82d81d6fe477/AppIcon_TikTok-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/512x0w.png').origin;
RegEx
return 'https://is5-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/00/33/2e/00332e58-b196-82cf-1231-82d81d6fe477/AppIcon_TikTok-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-7-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/512x0w.png'.match(/^(?:(?:http|ftp|https):\/\/)?((?:[\w.-]*)\.(?:[\w]*))/)[0]
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new URL
RegEx
Fastest:
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(Test run date:
one year ago
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User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/138.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Browser/OS:
Chrome 138 on Mac OS X 10.15.7
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RegEx
9.3M/s
new URL
651K/s
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RegEx
9,282,021 Ops/sec
new URL
651,020 Ops/sec
Autogenerated LLM Summary
(model
llama3.2:3b
, generated one year ago):
Let's break down the provided benchmark and explain what's being tested. **Benchmark Overview** MeasureThat.net is used to compare the performance of different approaches for parsing URLs in JavaScript. The benchmark consists of two test cases: 1. "new URL" 2. "RegEx" The goal is to determine which approach is faster, with more executions per second (ExecutionsPerSecond). **Options being compared** For each test case, there are two options being compared: * **new URL**: This option uses the built-in `URL` API to parse the URL. * **RegEx**: This option uses a regular expression (RegEx) pattern to extract the hostname from the URL. **Pros and Cons of each approach** ### new URL Pros: * More modern and efficient, as it's part of the ECMAScript standard. * Handles more complex URL formats, such as internationalized domain names (IDNs). Cons: * May have performance overhead due to its inherent complexity. * Requires support for the `URL` API, which may not be enabled by default in all environments. ### RegEx Pros: * Fast and lightweight, with low memory usage. * Can be optimized for specific URL patterns. Cons: * Less modern and less efficient than the `new URL` API. * May not handle complex URL formats as well as the `new URL` API. **Library used** In the benchmark, a library is not explicitly mentioned. However, it's likely that the `URL` API is being used to parse URLs, which is a built-in JavaScript feature since ECMAScript 5. **Special JS features or syntax** There are no special JS features or syntaxes being tested in this benchmark. The only feature being utilized is the `URL` API, which is a standard part of modern JavaScript. **Other alternatives** If you're interested in exploring alternative approaches, here are some options: * **URI.js**: A lightweight library for parsing and manipulating URLs. * **Url-parser**: Another lightweight library for parsing URLs. * **Regular expression patterns**: You could try optimizing your own RegEx pattern to extract the hostname from URLs. Keep in mind that these alternatives may have trade-offs in terms of performance, complexity, or compatibility with different browsers and environments.
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