Benchmark: IndexOf vs Includes vs lodash includes

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var array = ['banana', 'sausage', 'jesus']

Tests:

IndexOf
array.indexOf('sausage') !== 1
Includes
array.includes('sausage')
lodash
_.includes(array, 'sausage')

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
IndexOf
Includes
lodash

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/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 135 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
IndexOf	21744048.0 Ops/sec
Includes	19966758.0 Ops/sec
lodash	6236047.0 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down the benchmark and its test cases.

**Benchmark Overview**

MeasureThat.net is a website that allows users to create and run JavaScript microbenchmarks. The provided JSON represents a benchmark named "IndexOf vs Includes vs lodash includes". This benchmark tests the performance of three different approaches for searching an element in an array: `indexOf`, `includes`, and a custom implementation using the popular library Lodash (`_.includes`).

**Script Preparation Code**

The script preparation code is:
```javascript
var array = ['banana', 'sausage', 'jesus'];
```
This creates an array of three elements, which will be used as the input for the benchmark.

**Html Preparation Code**

The HTML preparation code includes a reference to the Lodash library version 4.17.5:
```
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>
```
This allows the benchmark to use the `_.includes` function from Lodash.

**Test Cases**

There are three test cases in total:

1. **IndexOf**: This test case uses the built-in `indexOf` method of the array.
```javascript
array.indexOf('sausage') !== 1
```
The `indexOf` method searches for the specified element in the array and returns its index. If the element is not found, it returns -1.

**Pros and Cons of Using Built-in Methods**

* Pros:
	+ Fast and efficient
	+ Widely supported by most browsers
* Cons:
	+ May not be as performant as custom implementations for very large arrays

2. **Includes**: This test case uses the built-in `includes` method of the array.
```javascript
array.includes('sausage')
```
The `includes` method checks if the specified element is present in the array and returns a boolean value indicating whether it's found.

**Pros and Cons of Using Built-in Methods**

* Pros:
	+ Fast and efficient
	+ Widely supported by most browsers
* Cons:
	+ May not be as performant as custom implementations for very large arrays

3. **Lodash includes**: This test case uses the `_.includes` function from Lodash.
```javascript
_.includes(array, 'sausage')
```
The `_.includes` function checks if the specified element is present in the array and returns a boolean value indicating whether it's found.

**Pros and Cons of Using Lodash**

* Pros:
	+ Fast and efficient
	+ Customizable and extensible
	+ Wide range of features beyond just includes()
* Cons:
	+ Requires including an external library (Lodash)
	+ May not be as performant as built-in methods in some cases

**Device Platform and Browser Information**

The latest benchmark result shows that the test was executed on a Mac OS X 10.15.7 device with Chrome 127 browser, running at 25065294 executions per second for the "Includes" test case.

**Other Alternatives**

If you wanted to use alternative approaches to search for elements in an array, some other options might include:

* Using a custom implementation using bitwise operations or regular expressions
* Using a library like Fast.js or Ramda instead of Lodash
* Using a different data structure like a Set or Map

However, it's worth noting that the built-in `indexOf` and `includes` methods are generally the most efficient and widely supported options for this use case.

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IndexOf

Includes

lodash

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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