Loops

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 38 of this test case created by D. S. Schneider

Preparation code

<script>
  var arr = new Array(100);
</script>

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while loop that imitates a for loop
 
var i = 0;
while (i < arr.length) {
  arr[i];
  i++;
};
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while loop that imitates a for loop, caching the length
 
var i = 0,
    len = arr.length;
while (i < len) {
  arr[i];
  i++;
};
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Reverse while loop
 
var i = arr.length;
while (i--) {
  arr[i];
};
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Reverse while loop without implicit ToBoolean
 
var i = arr.length;
while (i-- > 0) {
  arr[i];
};
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Reverse do … while loop
 
var i = arr.length;
do {
  arr[i];
} while (i--);
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Reverse for loop
 
for (var i = arr.length; i--;) {
  arr[i];
};
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Old ’n’ busted for loop
 
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i) {
  arr[i];
};
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Old ’n’ busted for loop, caching the length
 
for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; ++i) {
  arr[i];
};
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Cool guy loop
 
for (var i = -1; ++i < arr.length;) {
  arr[i];
};
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Cool guy loop, caching the length
 
for (var i = -1, len = arr.length; ++i < len;) {
  arr[i];
};
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Native Array#forEach implementation
 
arr.forEach(function(x) {
  x;
});
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Native Array#forEach implementation with named function
 
function foo(x) {
  x;
};
arr.forEach(foo);
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Reverse for loop with pre-increment
 
for (var i = arr.length; --i;) {
    arr[i];
};
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1 comment

D. S. Schneider (revision owner) commented : ∞

My game, Starship, is heavily dependant on loops, so I've got really interested in this subject. Thank you for publishing this great testing engine and thank you all who collaborated with it.

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