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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:133.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/133.0
Browser:
Firefox 133
Operating system:
Windows
Device Platform:
Desktop
Date tested:
one year ago
character index
77.5M/s
charAt()
71.9M/s
at()
71.6M/s
slice()
70.1M/s
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Executions per second
✓
character index
77,451,784 Ops/sec
charAt()
71,885,128 Ops/sec
at()
71,553,968 Ops/sec
slice()
70,140,440 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();