Benchmark: lodash.round VS Math.round (divide by 0)

HTML Preparation code:

<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var x = 5.236;

Tests:

Round floating number using lodash round function
_.round(x / 0, 2);
Round floating number using toFixed()
Math.round(x / 0);

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Round floating number using lodash round function
Round floating number using toFixed()

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.114 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 91 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Round floating number using lodash round function	1105040.6 Ops/sec
Round floating number using toFixed()	5918113.0 Ops/sec

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

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**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark compares two approaches for rounding floating-point numbers:

1. `_.round(x / 0, 2)` using the Lodash library
2. `Math.round(x / 0)` (note: this will actually throw a division by zero error, but we're testing it anyway)

**Options Compared**

In both cases, a single division operation is performed on the variable `x`, which is initialized to `5.236`. The rounding method is then applied.

**Pros and Cons**

**Lodash `.round()`**

Pros:

* Can handle non-integer numbers
* Returns a value between -0.5 and 0.5, depending on the fractional part of the input

Cons:

* Will return NaN (Not a Number) if the input is NaN (which happens when dividing by zero)
* May have performance implications due to the use of a custom rounding function

**JavaScript `Math.round()`**

Pros:

* Fast and efficient
* Returns an integer value, which can be useful for certain applications

Cons:

* Will throw a division by zero error if the input is NaN
* Does not handle non-integer numbers correctly (returns the nearest integer)

**Other Considerations**

* Both approaches will fail when dividing by zero, as it's undefined in mathematics. However, Lodash `.round()` will return NaN, while JavaScript `Math.round()` will throw an error.
* If you need to round a floating-point number that may be NaN or non-integer, Lodash `.round()` might be a better choice.

**Library and Syntax**

The Lodash library is a popular utility library for JavaScript. It provides various functions for tasks like string manipulation, array manipulation, and mathematical operations (like rounding). In this case, the `_.round()` function is used to round a floating-point number.

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. If you're interested in exploring such features, there are many other benchmarks available on MeasureThat.net!

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Comparing performance of: Round floating number using lodash round function vs Round floating number using toFixed()

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Round floating number using lodash round function

Round floating number using toFixed()

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