What's the "best" way to convert a number to a string (in terms of speed advantage, clarity advantage, memory advantage, etc) ?
Some examples:
String(n)
n.toString()
""+n
n+""
Fastest based on the JSPerf test above: str = num. toString();
The String() method converts a value to a string.
like this:
var foo = 45; var bar = '' + foo;
Actually, even though I typically do it like this for simple convenience, over 1,000s of iterations it appears for raw speed there is an advantage for .toString()
See Performance tests here (not by me, but found when I went to write my own): http://jsben.ch/#/ghQYR
Fastest based on the JSPerf test above: str = num.toString();
It should be noted that the difference in speed is not overly significant when you consider that it can do the conversion any way 1 Million times in 0.1 seconds.
Update: The speed seems to differ greatly by browser. In Chrome num + ''
seems to be fastest based on this test http://jsben.ch/#/ghQYR
Update 2: Again based on my test above it should be noted that Firefox 20.0.1 executes the .toString()
about 100 times slower than the '' + num
sample.
In my opinion n.toString()
takes the prize for its clarity, and I don't think it carries any extra overhead.
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