Run results for: Array isArray vs typeof vs array || [] - MeasureThat.net

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:135.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/135.0

Browser: Firefox 135

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Test name	Executions per second
typeof	392381952.0 Ops/sec
isArray	164796480.0 Ops/sec
array \|\| []	392112544.0 Ops/sec
instanceOf	162369488.0 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var test = [1,2,3,4];
var c;

Tests:

typeof
if (typeof test === 'object') { c++; }
isArray
if (Array.isArray(test)) { c++; }
array || []
if (test || []) { c++; }
instanceOf
if (test instanceof Array) { c++; }