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Does storing regular expressions in a variable help?

Preparation code

 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var result;
    var expression = /\w+@\w+(?:\.\w+)*/i;
  };
</script>

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result = "j@g.com".match(/\w+@\w+(?:\.\w+)*/i);

result = "j@g.com".match(expression);

result = 'j@g.com'.match(RegExp('\\w+@\\w+(?:\\.\\w+)*', 'i'));

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Revisions

You can edit these tests or add even more tests to this page by appending /edit to the URL. Here’s a list of current revisions for this page:

• Revision 1: published by Aadit M Shah on 9th January 2013
• Revision 2: published on 27th January 2013 and last updated on 6th March 2013
• Revision 9: published by Ian Nartowicz on 15th March 2013

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