Benchmark: Array.some vs regex

Tests:

Regex
new RegExp(/@fs|@id|@vite|@react|node_modules/, 'gm').test('/admin/@fs/Users/virk/code/medusa/issues/additional_data_check/node_modules/vite/dist/client/env.mjs')
Array.some
["@fs", "@id", "@vite", "@react", "node_modules"].some((chunk) => '/admin/@fs/Users/virk/code/medusa/issues/additional_data_check/node_modules/vite/dist/client/env.mjs'.includes(chunk))

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Regex
Array.some

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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The provided benchmark compares two approaches to test for the presence of specific strings in a given string: using `RegExp` and using the `some()` method with an array of strings.

**What is being tested?**

The two approaches being compared are:

1. **RegExp**: Using a regular expression to search for the specified strings in the input string.
2. **Array.some()**: Using the `some()` method to check if any element in the array matches the condition (i.e., if the input string includes each of the specified strings).

**Options being compared:**

* RegExp: The regular expression `/@fs|@id|@vite|@react|node_modules/` is used to search for the presence of the specified strings.
* Array.some(): An array of strings `[@fs, @id, @vite, @react, node_modules]` is used to check if any element in the array matches the condition (i.e., if the input string includes each of the specified strings).

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **RegExp**:
	* Pros:
		+ More flexible and powerful for complex matching scenarios.
		+ Can be optimized for performance using flags like `g` (global) and `m` (multiline).
	* Cons:
		+ More CPU-intensive due to the overhead of compiling and executing a regular expression.
		+ May be slower than `some()` in some cases, especially when dealing with large strings.
2. **Array.some()**:
	* Pros:
		+ More memory-efficient since only one string needs to be processed at a time.
		+ Can be faster for small to medium-sized strings due to the optimization of JavaScript's `some()` method.
	* Cons:
		+ Less flexible and powerful than RegExp for complex matching scenarios.
		+ May not perform as well as RegExp when dealing with large strings or multiple matches.

**Library:**

In this benchmark, there is no explicit library being used. However, if we consider the `RegExp` object as a part of the JavaScript standard library, it's worth noting that the regular expression itself uses some advanced JavaScript features, such as:

* The `gm` flags (global and multi-line), which are not enabled by default.
* The use of character classes (`@fs`, `@id`, etc.) and quantifiers (`|`, `?`, `*`, etc.).

**Special JS feature:**

There is no special JavaScript feature or syntax being used in this benchmark. However, it's worth noting that the `some()` method is a built-in JavaScript method that uses a loop under the hood to iterate over the array elements.

**Alternatives:**

Other alternatives for testing string matching scenarios include:

* Using a different regular expression engine like Apache RegEx or LuaJIT.
* Implementing a custom string search algorithm, such as using a Boyer-Moore algorithm.
* Utilizing hardware acceleration through Web Workers or native modules (e.g., on Node.js).

In summary, the `RegExp` and `Array.some()` approaches being compared in this benchmark highlight the trade-offs between flexibility, performance, and memory efficiency when it comes to string matching scenarios in JavaScript.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 4 days ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/129.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 129 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Regex	8162483.0 Ops/sec
Array.some	86485890.0 Ops/sec

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Comparing performance of: Regex vs Array.some

Created: 4 days ago by: Guest

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Regex

Array.some

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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