Benchmark: JS if/ vs if/else

Script Preparation code:

var test = 'test'

Tests:

if
if (test === 'test1') { return true; } return true;
if/else if
if (test === 'test1') { return true; } else{ return true; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
if
if/else if

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/97.0.4692.71 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 97 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
if	13621953.0 Ops/sec
if/else if	13694710.0 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):

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Let's break down what's being tested in this benchmark and the pros and cons of each approach.

**Benchmark Definition:**

The benchmark is designed to compare the performance difference between using multiple `if` statements and an open-ended `if/else if`. The script preparation code includes a variable `test` with value `'test'`, which is used as input for the comparison.

**Options being compared:**

1. **Multiple `if` statements**: This approach uses a series of `if` statements to check the value of `test` and return either `true` or not.
2. **Open-ended `if/else if`**: This approach uses an open-ended `if/else if` structure, where each condition is checked in sequence until one returns `true`.

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **Multiple `if` statements**:
	* Pros: Can be more readable and maintainable for simple cases.
	* Cons: May lead to increased execution time due to the sequential checking of conditions.
2. **Open-ended `if/else if`**:
	* Pros: Can be more concise and efficient, as the code only checks each condition once.
	* Cons: May be less readable for complex cases.

**Library usage:**

None of the test cases use any external libraries.

**Special JS features or syntax:**

The benchmark uses a simple JavaScript variable assignment `var test = 'test';` and returns a boolean value. There are no special JS features or syntax mentioned in the code.

**Other considerations:**

* The benchmark is designed to measure the performance difference between these two approaches, which can be useful for optimizing JavaScript code.
* The use of a simple input variable `test` makes it easy to reproduce and run the benchmark with different inputs.
* The benchmark results will show the execution time per second for each approach.

**Alternative benchmarks:**

Other alternatives that could be explored include:

* Measuring the performance difference between other control flow structures, such as loops (e.g., `for`, `while`) or conditional statements (e.g., `switch`).
* Comparing the performance of different JavaScript engine implementations.
* Using more complex input variables or expressions to simulate real-world use cases.

Please let me know if you'd like me to elaborate on any of these points!

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Benchmark of the speed difference between using multiple IF statements and an open-ended IF/ELSE IF.

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Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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if/else if

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):