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Benchmark Overview

The provided benchmark compares three different approaches to retrieve values from an object: Object Literal, If-Else statement, and Switch Case statement. The benchmark uses a simple scenario where it checks if a specific animal (e.g., "cheetah") exists in an object containing various animals (dog, cat, cheetah) as keys.

Options Compared

1. Object Literal: Using the object literal syntax to access the value of the specified animal.
2. If-Else statement: Using an if-else statement with conditional checks to retrieve the value of the specified animal.
3. Switch Case statement: Using a switch case statement to retrieve the value of the specified animal.

Pros and Cons

1. Object Literal
   • Pros: concise, easy to read, and maintain.
   • Cons: may lead to object size issues if not properly indexed.
2. If-Else statement
   • Pros: flexible, can handle complex logic.
   • Cons: verbose, harder to read and maintain.
3. Switch Case statement
   • Pros: concise, easy to read, and maintain.
   • Cons: requires the switch value to be an exact match (no partial matches).

Other Considerations

• The ?? operator (introduced in ECMAScript 2017) is used as a safer alternative to object literal access. It returns the first operand if it's truthy, and the second operand if it's falsy.
• The || operator is used to provide a default value when the specified animal is not found in the object.

Library Usage

The benchmark does not explicitly use any libraries. However, it relies on the JavaScript engine's built-in features, such as object literals, if-else statements, and switch case statements.

Special JS Features/Syntax

None mentioned in this specific benchmark.

Benchmark Results

The latest benchmark results show that:

1. Object Literal 2 (using ?? operator) has the highest executions per second (4718195.0), indicating it's the most efficient approach.
2. Switch Case follows closely, with a lower executions per second value (4592487.0).
3. If-Else statement has the lowest executions per second value (1571642.375).

Keep in mind that these results might vary depending on the specific JavaScript engine and platform used.

Alternatives

For similar benchmarks, you can explore other scenarios, such as:

• Comparing different data structures (e.g., arrays, sets, maps)
• Measuring performance of algorithms (e.g., sorting, searching)
• Evaluating the impact of various optimization techniques (e.g., caching, memoization)