Benchmark: Join vs Join2 - MeasureThat.net

Script Preparation code:

var join2 = (arr, val) => arr.reduce((str, v, i) => i ? `${str}${val}${v}` : v, '');
var arr1 = Array(1000).fill(null).map((x, i) => i.toString());

Tests:

join
arr1.join(',');
join2
join2(arr1, ',');

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
join
join2

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases to understand what is being tested.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark defines two different ways to join an array of strings into a single string using the `join()` method. The two approaches are:

1. Using the native `join()` method: `arr1.join(',')`
2. Creating a custom function `join2` that takes an array and a separator as arguments, then reduces the array to build the joined string.

**Custom Function `join2`**

The custom function `join2` uses the `reduce()` method to iterate over the array, concatenating each element with the previous one using template literals. The initial value of the accumulator is set to an empty string (`''`), and if it's not the first iteration (i.e., `i > 0`), the accumulator is concatenated with the current element (`val`) followed by the separator (`','`). This approach allows for more control over the joining process.

**Native `join()` Method**

The native `join()` method takes an array of strings and a separator as arguments, then concatenates each string in the array using the separator. In this case, the separator is set to a comma (`,`).

**Options Compared**

The benchmark compares two approaches:

1. **Custom Function `join2`**: This approach allows for more control over the joining process, but may be slower due to the overhead of the custom function.
2. **Native `join()` Method**: This approach is faster and more efficient, as it leverages the optimized implementation in the browser's JavaScript engine.

**Pros and Cons**

Pros of Custom Function `join2`:

* More control over the joining process
* Can be useful for edge cases or specific use cases

Cons of Custom Function `join2`:

* May be slower due to the overhead of the custom function
* Requires more code and potential maintenance effort

Pros of Native `join()` Method:

* Faster and more efficient
* Optimized implementation in browser's JavaScript engine

Cons of Native `join()` Method:

* Less control over the joining process
* May not handle edge cases or specific use cases as well as a custom function.

**Library Used**

None is explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition. However, it's worth noting that the `reduce()` method and template literals are built-in features of JavaScript.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

The benchmark uses a feature called "arrow functions" (`=>`) to define the `join2` function. Arrow functions are a shorthand way of defining small functions in JavaScript. They were introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) and provide a concise syntax for defining functions.

**Alternatives**

Other alternatives for joining arrays of strings could include:

1. Using a library like Lodash or Underscore.js, which provide optimized implementations for common operations like string concatenation.
2. Implementing a custom function using loops instead of the `join()` method or `reduce()`.
3. Using an alternative data structure, such as an array of strings with indices or objects with string values.

However, in this specific benchmark, the native `join()` method and the custom function `join2` are being compared to determine which approach is faster and more efficient.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.90 Safari/537.36 Edg/89.0.774.57

Browser/OS: Chrome 89 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
join	26613.0 Ops/sec
join2	30691.0 Ops/sec

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join

join2

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):