Benchmark: replace vs replaceAll (native)

Tests:

replace
"this is it".replace(/ /g, "+");
replaceAll (regex)
"this is it".replaceAll(/ /g, "+");
replaceAll (string)
"this is it".replaceAll(" ", "+");

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
replace
replaceAll (regex)
replaceAll (string)

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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**What is being tested?**

The provided JSON represents three JavaScript microbenchmarks that test different approaches for replacing a space character (`" "`).

**Options compared:**

1. `replace()`: This method uses a regular expression to replace all occurrences of whitespace characters with a specified string.
2. `replaceAll(string)`: This method is not a standard JavaScript method, but rather an alias or wrapper around the `replace()` method. It's used to replace a specific character (in this case, a space) in a string.
3. `replaceAll(regex)`: This method uses a regular expression to replace all occurrences of whitespace characters with a specified string.

**Pros and Cons:**

* `replace()`: Pros:
	+ Widely supported across browsers
	+ Fast execution time due to native implementation
	Cons:
	+ May not work as expected if the input is not a string or contains invalid regular expressions
* `replaceAll(string)`: Pros:
	+ Easier to understand and use than `replace()` for simple cases
	Cons:
	+ May not be optimized for performance, as it's just an alias around `replace()`
* `replaceAll(regex)`: Pros:
	+ More flexible than `replace()`, allowing for more complex regular expressions
	Cons:
	+ May have slower execution times due to the overhead of compiling and executing a regex pattern

**Library and purpose:**

In none of the test cases, a library is explicitly used. However, it's worth noting that the `RegExp` object is used in all three benchmark definitions.

**Special JS feature or syntax:**

None are mentioned in this specific benchmark.

**Other alternatives:**

1. **Using String.prototype.replace() with a callback function**: Instead of using the `replace()` method, you can use the `String.prototype.replace()` method with a callback function to achieve similar results.
2. **Using String.prototype.replaceAll() (if available)**: Some browsers and platforms provide a non-standard `replaceAll()` method on strings. However, this is not widely supported and may not be the best approach for benchmarking performance.

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Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 7 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 123 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
replace	9506342.0 Ops/sec
replaceAll (regex)	7793659.5 Ops/sec
replaceAll (string)	9194063.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

replace vs replaceAll (native) (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: replace vs replaceAll (regex) vs replaceAll (string)

Created: 7 months ago by: Guest

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replace

replaceAll (regex)

replaceAll (string)

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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