Benchmark: Trimming leading/trailing characters from string

Script Preparation code:

var TestString = '+'.repeat(200) + '='.repeat(20000) + '+'.repeat(200);

function regexTrim(str, what) {
  const chars = [...(what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ')].map((c) => ([']', '^', '\\', '-'].includes(c) ? '\\' + c : c)).join('');
  
  return str.replace(new RegExp('^[' + chars + ']+|[' + chars + ']+$', 'gu'), '');
}

function indexTrim(str, what) {
  let end, start;
  
  const chars = [...str];
  const charsToTrim = [...(what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ')];
  
  start = 0;
  end = chars.length;

  while (start < end && charsToTrim.includes(chars[start])) {
    ++start;
  }

  while (end > start && charsToTrim.includes(chars[end - 1])) {
    --end;
  }

  return (start > 0 || end < chars.length) ? chars.slice(start, end).join('') : str.slice();
}

function booleanTrim(str, what) {
  let result;
  
  const chars = what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ';
  
  result = str;
  for (const c of chars) {
    result = result.split(c).filter(Boolean).join(c);
  }
  
  return result;
}

function spreadTrim(str, what) {
  const chars = [...str];
  const charsToTrim = [...(what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ')];
  const end = chars.reverse().findIndex((c) => !charsToTrim.includes(c));
  const start = chars.reverse().findIndex((c) => !charsToTrim.includes(c));
  
  return chars.slice(start, chars.length - end).join('');
}

function substringTrim(str, what) {
  const chars = what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ';
  
  while (chars.includes(String.fromCodePoint(str.codePointAt(0)))) {
    str = str.substring(1);
  }

  while (chars.includes(String.fromCodePoint(str.codePointAt(str.length - 1)))) {
    str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
  }

  return str;
}

function sliceTrim(str, what) {
  const chars = what ? what : '\0\t\n\v\r ';
  
  while (chars.includes(String.fromCodePoint(str.codePointAt(0)))) {
    str = str.slice(1);
  }

  while (chars.includes(String.fromCodePoint(str.codePointAt(str.length - 1)))) {
    str = str.slice(0, -1);
  }

  return str;
}

Tests:

Regex Trim
regexTrim(TestString, '+');
Index Trim
indexTrim(TestString, '+')
Boolean Filter Trim
booleanTrim(TestString, '+')
Spread Trim
spreadTrim(TestString, '+')
Substring Trim
substringTrim(TestString, '+')
Slice Trim
sliceTrim(TestString, '+')

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Regex Trim
Index Trim
Boolean Filter Trim
Spread Trim
Substring Trim
Slice Trim

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

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Test name	Executions per second
Regex Trim	75229.6 Ops/sec
Index Trim	1217.8 Ops/sec
Boolean Filter Trim	33609.3 Ops/sec
Spread Trim	1209.1 Ops/sec
Substring Trim	25610.2 Ops/sec
Slice Trim	26697.0 Ops/sec

Trimming leading/trailing characters from string (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Regex Trim vs Index Trim vs Boolean Filter Trim vs Spread Trim vs Substring Trim vs Slice Trim

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

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Regex Trim

Index Trim

Boolean Filter Trim

Spread Trim

Substring Trim

Slice Trim

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A