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Testing the performance on four variations of the famous "FizzBuzz" test using JavaScript. All four variations use modulus factorials (%) to check against 3 and 5.

The FizzBuzz test: "Write a program that outputs numbers from 1 to 100, except when one of the numbers meets one of three criterial conditions:

1) If a number is a multiple of three, print Fizz instead of the number; 2) If a number is a multiple of five, print Buzz instead of the number; 3) If a number is a multiple of both, print FizzBuzz instead of the number.

The output should look like this: 1 2 Fizz 4 Buzz Fizz ... and so-on.

Preparation code

 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    // recursive `function`
    function f(s, n) {
      if (++n === 102) return;
      s === '' ? console.log(n - 1) : console.log(s); !! (n % 3) ? !! (n % 5) ? f('', n) : f('Buzz', n) : !! (n % 5) ? f('Fizz', n) : f('FizzBuzz', n);
    }
    
    // `while` loop
    function b(n) {
      var i = n;
      $: while (++i) {
        if (i % 3) if (i % 5) console.log(i);
        else console.log('Buzz');
        else if (i % 5) console.log('Fizz');
        else console.log('FizzBuzz');
        if (i >= 100) break $;
      }
      return;
    }
    
    // `for` deductive loop
    function F(n) {
      var i = n,
          f = 'Fizz',
          b = 'Buzz',
          o = '';
      for (; i <= 100; i++) {
        o = !(i % 3) ? !(i % 5) ? f + b : f : !(i % 5) ? b : i;
        console.log(o);
      }
      return;
    }
    
    // `for` loop
    function B(n) {
      var i = n;
      var fiz = 'Fizz';
      var buz = 'Buzz';
      for (; i <= 100; i++)
      if (!(i % 3)) if (!(i % 5)) console.log(fiz + buz);
      else console.log(fiz);
      else if (!(i % 5)) console.log(buz);
      else console.log(i);
      return;
    }
  };
</script>

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f('', 1);

b(0);

F(1);

B(1);

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