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Run results for: innerhtml vs removechild

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Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:72.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/72.0
Firefox 72
Linux
Desktop
5 years ago
Test name Executions per second
innerHTML 659156.2 Ops/sec
removeChild 987539.4 Ops/sec
smarter while 43682.9 Ops/sec
HTML Preparation code:
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<div id="container"></div>
Script Preparation code:
​x
 
var node = document.getElementById('container');
​
for(var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) node.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
Tests:

  • innerHTML

     
    var node = document.getElementById('container');
    node.innerHTML = '';

  • removeChild

     
    var node = document.getElementById('container');
    while(node.firstChild) node.removeChild(node.firstChild)

  • smarter while

     
    var node = document.getElementById('container');
    try
     {
       while(node.removeChild(node.firstChild)) {}
     }
    catch(e)
     {}