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Check for a property before retrieving it vs. retrieving it and then seeing if it's falsey

Preparation code

 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var o = (function() {
        var counter = 100,
            o = {};
        while (counter-- > 0) {
            if (counter !== 6) {
                o[counter] = [counter]; // Note we're storing an array
            }
        }
        return o;
    })();
    var foundKey = 5;
    var unFoundKey = 6;
    var entry;
  };
</script>

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if (foundKey in o) {
    if (o[foundKey][0] !== 5) throw "Error in test: Invalid value";
}
else {
    throw "Error in test: Key " + foundKey + " not found";
}
if (unFoundKey in o) {
    throw "Error in test: Key " + unFoundKey + " was found";
}
 

entry = o[foundKey];
if (entry) {
    if (entry[0] !== 5) throw "Error in test: Invalid value";
}
else {
    throw "Error in test: Key " + foundKey + " not found";
}
entry = o[unFoundKey];
if (entry) {
    throw "Error in test: Key " + unFoundKey + " was found";
}
 

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