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Speed test escaping html characters with if statements and regular expressions.

Preparation code

 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    function encodeWithIfs(str) {
      var result = ""
      for (var cc = 0; cc < str.length; cc++) {
        var c = str.charAt(cc)
        if (c == "&") result += '&amp;'
        else if (c == '"') result += '&quot;'
        else if (c == "'") result += '&#39;'
        else if (c == "<") result += '&lt;'
        else if (c == ">") result += '&gt;'
        else result += c
      }
      return result
    }
    
    function endcodeWithRegEx(str) {
      return str.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&#39;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
    }
    
    function endcodeWithRegEx2(str) {
      return str.replace(/[&<>"'`]/g, function (chr) {
        return '&#' + chr.charCodeAt(0) + ';'
      })
    }
    
    function doEncode(func) {
      var a = func("<div></div>")
      var b = func("This is a string with no replacements")
      var c = func("All replacement chars & \" ' < >")
    }
  };
</script>

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doEncode(encodeWithIfs)

doEncode(endcodeWithRegEx)

doEncode(endcodeWithRegEx2)

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Revisions

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• Revision 1: published by Dan Rzeppa on 3rd May 2012
• Revision 2: published by Dan Rzeppa on 10th June 2012
• Revision 3: published by WebReflection on 10th August 2012
• Revision 4: published by Johan Sundström on 11th October 2012
• Revision 5: published on 27th October 2012
• Revision 8: published by Eamon Nerbonne on 30th November 2012
• Revision 9: published by Eamon Nerbonne on 1st December 2012
• Revision 10: published by Dan Rzeppa on 27th December 2012
• Revision 11: published by Dan Rzeppa on 20th February 2013

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