Run results for: Regex removing whitespace vs trim

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 7.0; Mobile; rv:108.0) Gecko/108.0 Firefox/108.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 108

Operating system: Android 7.0

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: 2 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
regex	576136.0 Ops/sec
trim	11159054.0 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var string = '    fsajdf asdfjosa fjoiawejf oawjfoei jaosdjfsdjfo sfjos 2324234 sdf safjao j o        sdlfks dflks l      '

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var string = '    fsajdf asdfjosa fjoiawejf oawjfoei jaosdjfsdjfo sfjos 2324234 sdf safjao j o        sdlfks dflks l      '

Tests:

regex
string.replace(/^\s+|\s+$|\s+(?=\s)/g, '')
string.replace(/^\s+|\s+$|\s+(?=\s)/g, '')
trim
string.trim()
string.trim()