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Verifies if adding a string to a number, is faster when the string is of a primitive string type, or a String object.

Preparation code

str1 + str3 = <div id="id1"></div><br>
str2 + str3 = <div id="id2"></div>
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
        var str1 = "Hello";
        var str2 = new String("Hello");
        var str3 = new String(" there");
        
        var i = "(idle)",
            k = "(idle)";
    
  };

  Benchmark.prototype.teardown = function() {
    var x = document.getElementById("id1"); x.innerHTML = i;
    var y = document.getElementById("id2"); y.innerHTML = k;
  };
</script>

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  var i = str1 + 10;

  var k = str2 + 10;

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