Benchmark: isarray_vs_instanceof_vs_tostring

Tests:

isArray
const i = Array.isArray([]);
instanceof
const i = [] instanceof Array;
toString
const i = Object.prototype.toString.call([]) === '[object Array]';

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
isArray
instanceof
toString

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 25 days ago):

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Measuring JavaScript performance is a crucial aspect of developing efficient and scalable applications. The provided JSON represents a benchmark test on MeasuringThat.net, which compares the performance of three different approaches to check if an object is an array.

**Approaches being compared:**

1. **`Array.isArray()`**: This method returns a boolean value indicating whether the input `i` is an array.
2. **`instanceof Array`**: This syntax checks if the object `i` is an instance of the `Array` constructor.
3. **`Object.prototype.toString.call(i) === '[object Array]'`**: This approach uses the `toString()` method to convert the object `i` to a string and then compares it with the expected string representation of an array.

**Pros and Cons of each approach:**

1. **`Array.isArray()`**:
	* Pros: Fast, lightweight, and widely supported.
	* Cons: May return false positives for certain types of objects that inherit from `Array`. (e.g., `Map`, `Set`)
2. **`instanceof Array`**:
	* Pros: More accurate than `Array.isArray()` for objects that are instances of `Array`.
	* Cons: Can be slower due to the overhead of the `instanceof` operator.
3. **`Object.prototype.toString.call(i) === '[object Array]'`**:
	* Pros: Robust and accurate, as it checks the object's prototype chain.
	* Cons: May be slower due to the overhead of calling a method on `Object.prototype`.

**Libraries and special features:**

No libraries are used in this benchmark. There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned.

**Other alternatives:**

For checking if an object is an array, other approaches could include:

1. Using the `constructor` property: `i.constructor === Array`
2. Checking for specific properties: `i.length > 0 && typeof i[0] === 'undefined'`
3. Using a library like Lodash's `isArray()` function

These alternatives may have different performance characteristics and trade-offs, depending on the specific use case.

**Benchmark preparation code analysis:**

The provided script preparation code is empty, which means that no additional setup or initialization is required for this benchmark.

In conclusion, this benchmark provides a useful comparison of three approaches to check if an object is an array. Understanding the pros and cons of each approach can help developers choose the most efficient and accurate method for their specific use case.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/96.0.4664.55 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 96 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
isArray	8383088.5 Ops/sec
instanceof	8155585.0 Ops/sec
toString	7287736.5 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

isarray_vs_instanceof_vs_tostring (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: isArray vs instanceof vs toString

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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isArray

instanceof

toString

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 25 days ago):