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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