if vs ternary operator(?)

JavaScript performance comparison

Test case created by pleiades8 on 21st March 2012

<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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Test Ops/sec

Testing in unknown unknown
Test	Ops/sec
if	`for(var i= 0; i < 1000; i++) { var random = Math.random() * 10; var result; if(random >= 5) { result = "over"; } else { result = "under"; } }`	pending…
?	`for(var i= 0; i < 1000; i++) { var random = Math.random() * 10; var result = (random >= 5) ? "over" : "under"; }`	pending…

for(var i= 0; i < 1000; i++) {
var random = Math.random() * 10;
var result;
if(random >= 5) {
result = "over";
}
else {
result = "under";
}
}

pending…

for(var i= 0; i < 1000; i++) {
var random = Math.random() * 10;
var result = (random >= 5) ? "over" : "under";
}

pending…

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