Run results for: clearing array via pop() vs shift() vs .length = 0 vs = []

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:122.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/122.0

Browser: Firefox 122

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

shift

692.3M/s

pop

343.5M/s

reassignment

83.4M/s

length

47.6M/s

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Script Preparation code:

var array = [];

for(var i = 0; i < 100000; i++){array.push(Math.random());}

Tests: