4 ms·

string.indexOf() is O(n), whereas the object-property-lookup is O(1). I guess indexOf is fast enough anyway given the size of the dictionary.

• statictype 16y ago
  Is this a bug in HN? I guess this was meant to be posted to the dictionary/javascript topic?
  • johnitsagal 16y ago
    More likely my mistake; yes it was intended for http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2329940 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2329940 . Why are people upvoting my comment?!
    • jeromec 16y ago
      Apparently discussing code on Hacker News is never off-topic ;)
    • jedsmith 16y ago
      I upvoted it because I was looking for the underlying meaning of an elegant comment. Surely it means something, I said...
    • jacoblyles 16y ago
      It's nice to see some hard tech content every now and then, even if non-sequitir.