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Created July 6, 2010 17:47
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how_people_really_use_the_ternary.js
function benchmark(method, times, name){
//See http://gist.github.com/227048
var startTime = (new Date()).getTime(), endTime;
while(times--){
method();
}
endTime = (new Date()).getTime();
console.log(name, endTime - startTime);
}
var x = 1, y = 0;
benchmark(function(){
y = (x === 0 ? x : x === 1);
}, 100000, "Ternary Operator");
x = 1;
y = 0;
benchmark(function(){
switch(x){
case 0: y = x; break;
case 1: y = x; break;
default:y = x; break;
}
}, 100000, "switch Statement");
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miketaylr commented Jul 6, 2010

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