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char index vs charAt() vs slice() vs at()
Compare methods for testing string's beginning character.
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User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36
Browser:
Chrome Mobile 120
Operating system:
Android
Device Platform:
Mobile
Date tested:
2 years ago
character index
3.9M/s
charAt()
3.9M/s
slice()
3.9M/s
at()
3.8M/s
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Executions per second
✓
character index
3,942,790 Ops/sec
charAt()
3,929,511 Ops/sec
slice()
3,867,816 Ops/sec
at()
3,789,386 Ops/sec
Script Preparation code:
var str = 'foo bar baz'; var noop = Function.prototype;
Tests:
character index
if (str[0] === 'f') noop();
charAt()
if (str.charAt(0) === 'f') noop();
slice()
if (str.slice(0, 1) === 'f') noop();
at()
if (str.at(0) === 'f') noop();