Run results for: Float string optimization: parseFloat() vs regex

To get a cleaned-up float number with a limited number of digits of precision, which is faster: parsefloat() or a regular expression?

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Safari 17
Mac OS X 10.15.7
Desktop
2 years ago
regex
7.7M/s
parseFloat()
7.6M/s
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Test name Executions per second
✓ regex 7,665,828 Ops/sec
parseFloat() 7,572,790 Ops/sec
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