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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 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0
Browser:
Firefox 128
Operating system:
Linux
Device Platform:
Desktop
Date tested:
one year ago
character index
88.4M/s
slice()
85.2M/s
at()
79.5M/s
charAt()
78.9M/s
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Executions per second
✓
character index
88,441,504 Ops/sec
slice()
85,196,320 Ops/sec
at()
79,488,272 Ops/sec
charAt()
78,926,560 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();