Run results for: Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Map - testing with simpler data again again

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/129.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser: Chrome 129

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Test name	Executions per second
Switch	3128.5 Ops/sec
Object Literal	2997.0 Ops/sec
If Else	2793.2 Ops/sec
Object Literal defined outside function	2247.5 Ops/sec
Map	1948.6 Ops/sec
Map - defined outsid function	2318.6 Ops/sec
If - just for Jason ;P	2540.5 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var map2 = new Map();

map2.set('cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('dog', 'Pup');
map2.set('1cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('1cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('1cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('1dog', 'Pup');
map2.set('2cat', 'Kitten');
map2.set('2cattle', 'Calf');
map2.set('2cheetah', 'Cub');
map2.set('2dog', 'Pup');

var babyAnimal2 = {
    cat: 'Kitten',
    cattle: 'Calf',
    cheetah: 'Cub',
    dog: 'Pup',
    "1cat": 'Kitten',
    "1cattle": 'Calf',
    "1cheetah": 'Cub',
    "1dog": 'Pup',
    "2cat": 'Kitten',
    "2cattle": 'Calf',
    "2cheetah": 'Cub',
    "2dog": 'Pup',
}

var animals = ["dog", "cat", "cattle", "cheetah","1dog", "1cat", "1cattle", "1cheetah","2dog", "2cat", "2cattle", "2cheetah",];

Tests:

Switch
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { switch(animal){ case 'cat': return 'Kitten' case 'cattle': return 'Calf' case 'cheetah': return 'Cub' case 'dog': return 'Pup' case '1cat': return 'Kitten' case '1cattle': return 'Calf' case '1cheetah': return 'Cub' case '1dog': return 'Pup' case '2cat': return 'Kitten' case '2cattle': return 'Calf' case '2cheetah': return 'Cub' case '2dog': return 'Pup' default: return "I don't know that" } } console.log(test(animal)) }
Object Literal
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { var babyAnimal = { cat: 'Kitten', cattle: 'Calf', cheetah: 'Cub', dog: 'Pup', "1cat": 'Kitten', "1cattle": 'Calf', "1cheetah": 'Cub', "1dog": 'Pup', "2cat": 'Kitten', "2cattle": 'Calf', "2cheetah": 'Cub', "2dog": 'Pup', } return babyAnimal[animal] ?? "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
If Else
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { if(animal==='cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='dog'){ return 'Pup'; } else if(animal==='1cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='1cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='1cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='1dog'){ return 'Pup'; } else if(animal==='2cat'){ return 'Kitten' } else if(animal=='2cattle'){ return 'Calf' } else if(animal==='2cheetah'){ return 'Cub'; } else if(animal==='2dog'){ return 'Pup'; } return "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Object Literal defined outside function
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { return babyAnimal2[animal] ?? "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Map
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { const map1 = new Map(); map2.set('cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('dog', 'Pup'); map2.set('1cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('1cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('1cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('1dog', 'Pup'); map2.set('2cat', 'Kitten'); map2.set('2cattle', 'Calf'); map2.set('2cheetah', 'Cub'); map2.set('2dog', 'Pup'); return map1.get(animal) || "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
Map - defined outsid function
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { return map2.get(animal) || "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }
If - just for Jason ;P
for (var i=0;i<100;i++){ var animal = animals[Math.floor(Math.random() * 12)]; function test(animal) { if(animal==='cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='dog') return 'Pup'; if(animal==='1cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='1cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='1cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='1dog') return 'Pup'; if(animal==='2cat') return 'Kitten'; if(animal=='2cattle') return 'Calf'; if(animal==='2cheetah') return 'Cub'; if(animal==='2dog') return 'Pup'; return "I don't know that" } console.log(test(animal)) }

Run results for: Switch vs Object Literal vs If Else vs Map - testing with simpler data again again

Switch

Object Literal

If Else

Object Literal defined outside function

Map

Map - defined outsid function

If - just for Jason ;P