What solution performs faster for searching substring in JavaScript?

Question

I need to check if some string contains another string (substring) so can someone tell me which one of this perform faster:

someString.includes(thisSubstring) or 
someString.indexOf(thisSubstring) !== -1

It depends from the browser? Are there any faster solutions?

Go to jsfiddle.net, create a string, create a loop with a timer that iterates n times and performs n includes checks. Then another loop with a timer that performs n indexof checks. Then come back here, post the fiddle along with your answer of which one is faster. — Forklift
– Forklift, Commented Feb 15, 2017 at 13:51
Use the search. It is a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/5296268/… — Zefick
– Zefick, Commented Feb 15, 2017 at 13:51

Emil S. Jørgensen · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-15 13:52:04Z

3

indexOf is faster, but you could have easily run these test yourself.

In the future you can use the pattern below to measure execution time:

var str1 = "nananananaananana Catman!";
var str2 = "Catman!";
var max = 10000000;
var t = new Date();
for(var i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  str1.indexOf(str2) >= 0;
}
console.log("indexOf",new Date() - t);
t = new Date();
for(var i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  str1.includes(str2);
}
console.log("includes",new Date() - t);
t = new Date();
for(var i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  str1.indexOf(str2) >= 0;
}
console.log("indexOf",new Date() - t);
t = new Date();
for(var i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  str1.includes(str2);
}
console.log("includes",new Date() - t);

answered Feb 15, 2017 at 13:52

Emil S. Jørgensen

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Emil S. Jørgensen Over a year ago

@Prusse If this had been a question of higher complexity, i probably would, but with something this simple i wanted to give OP the tools to log however she/he pleases (private unittest, quick performance tests, etc.) by showcasing the simplest performance test pattern.

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