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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 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:123.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/123.0
Browser:
Firefox 123
Operating system:
Windows
Device Platform:
Desktop
Date tested:
2 years ago
character index
138.0M/s
slice()
127.7M/s
charAt()
127.0M/s
at()
77.1M/s
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Executions per second
✓
character index
137,979,056 Ops/sec
slice()
127,685,872 Ops/sec
charAt()
127,037,984 Ops/sec
at()
77,074,904 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();