Run results for: Regex vs split/join

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 10; Mobile; rv:85.0) Gecko/85.0 Firefox/85.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 85

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: 3 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
Regex	24973.8 Ops/sec
Split and Join	178364.1 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var str = 'Abcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxy Abcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxy Abcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxyAbcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxy Abcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxy Abcd efghij klmnopqrstuv wxy';

Tests:

Regex
str.replace(/./g, "$&Z");
Split and Join
str.split('').join('Z') + 'Z';

Run results for: Regex vs split/join

Regex

Split and Join