Run results for: String.prototype.split vs String.prototype.match for word count

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:121.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/121.0

Browser: Firefox 121

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.15

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
String.prototype.split	342232.6 Ops/sec
String.prototype.match	364644.4 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

baseString = "Quisque sit amet maximus felis, ut pulvinar lacus. Suspendisse mollis velit metus, id venenatis purus sollicitudin sed. Ut sagittis, neque at suscipit bibendum, velit nibh gravida purus, at eleifend nibh diam a sapien. Nam suscipit tristique enim non dignissim. Aliquam accumsan vehicula quam, vel porta arcu pretium sit amet. Curabitur venenatis est sapien, eu ullamcorper urna vestibulum at. In et rhoncus felis. Etiam dictum, lacus nec suscipit rhoncus, massa odio tempor orci, in feugiat libero urna vel ex. Sed magna neque, pretium auctor rutrum quis, auctor sit amet lectus. Proin sit amet pharetra lacus. Quisque et risus odio. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Duis dapibus sodales risus quis ultricies.";
matchRegex = /[^\s]+/g;
splitRegex = /\s+/g;

Tests:

String.prototype.split
let splitCount = baseString.split(splitRegex);
String.prototype.match
let matchCount = baseString.match(matchRegex).length;

Run results for: String.prototype.split vs String.prototype.match for word count

Test e.g. counting words by using String.prototype.match versus String.prototype.split with a regular expression.

String.prototype.split

String.prototype.match