[Solved] Which is more faster? trim() or RegEx?


Test:

var string = '    fsajdf asdfjosa fjoiawejf oawjfoei jaosdjfsdjfo sfjos 2324234 sdf safjao j o        sdlfks dflks l      '

string.replace(/^\s+|\s+$|\s+(?=\s)/g, '')

string.trim()

Results:

Function Result
regex regex x 1,458,388 ops/sec ±2.11% (62 runs sampled)
trim trim x 7,530,342 ops/sec ±1.22% (62 runs sampled)

Conclusion:

trim is faster

Source:

https://www.measurethat.net/Benchmarks/Show/4767/0/regex-removing-whitespace-vs-trim

solved Which is more faster? trim() or RegEx?