Benchmark: test toString vs literal string vs String() 2

Tests:

literal string
var test2 = 234 var x = `${test2}`
toString
var test2 = 234 var x = test2.toString()
String
var test2 = 234 var x = String(test2)

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
literal string
toString
String

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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Let's break down the benchmark and explain what's being tested.

**Benchmark Overview**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmarking test created on MeasureThat.net. The benchmark tests three different approaches to create a string value in JavaScript:

1. Literal string
2. `toString()` method
3. `String()` function

Each approach is compared to determine which one performs better, measured by the number of executions per second.

**Approaches and Their Characteristics**

### 1. Literal String

* **Method:** Using template literals (e.g., `${test2}`) or concatenating strings using the `+` operator.
* **Pros:** Easy to read and write, less prone to errors compared to other methods.
* **Cons:** Can be slower due to string creation overhead.

### 2. `toString()` Method

* **Method:** Calling the `toString()` method on a variable (e.g., `test2.toString()`).
* **Pros:** Simple and easy to read.
* **Cons:** May involve additional overhead, such as calling a method and checking for null or undefined values.

### 3. `String()` Function

* **Method:** Using the `String()` function with parentheses (e.g., `String(test2)`).
* **Pros:** Similar to `toString()`, but some browsers may optimize it better.
* **Cons:** May not be supported in older browsers or with certain environments.

**Library and Special JavaScript Features**

In this benchmark, no specific libraries are used. However, the use of template literals (e.g., `${test2}`) indicates that the test is compatible with modern JavaScript features introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6).

**Other Considerations**

The benchmark measures the number of executions per second for each approach, which is a common metric for performance comparisons. However, it's essential to note that this measurement might not accurately reflect real-world scenarios, as it only accounts for the execution speed of the JavaScript code.

If you're interested in alternative approaches or want to explore other factors like memory usage or CPU utilization, you can consider using different metrics or adjusting the benchmark settings on MeasureThat.net.

**Alternative Approaches**

For similar benchmarks, you might also look into comparing:

* Using `String.fromCharCode()` and concatenation
* Using `new Int32Array([test2]).join()` for creating an array of integers and then joining it to a string
* Using `Buffer.from([...])` and converting the buffer to a string

Keep in mind that these alternative approaches might be more complex or have different implications for performance, depending on your specific use case.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/114.0.0.0 YaBrowser/23.7.4.971 Yowser/2.5 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Yandex Browser 23 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
literal string	1414012672.0 Ops/sec
toString	220036208.0 Ops/sec
String	6572981.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

test toString vs literal string vs String() 2 (version: 0)

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Created: one year ago by: Guest

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literal string

toString

String

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):