[SOLVED] Is there a faster Reverse String Algorithm for JavaScript?

Issue

So I’m looking for the fastest possible Reverse String function.

Here are my function and all the functions that I found on the internet and their perfromance tests:

https://jsperf.com/javascript-reversing-string-performance

It looks like the fastest one (and the prettiest in my opinion) is this:

function reverseString(str) {
  return str.split().reverse().join("");
}

But maybe there is even more efficient, faster way to do this?

Solution

There are potentially tens of different ways to do it, excluding the built-in reverse function, as JavaScript does not have one.
Below are my three most interesting ways to solve the problem of reversing a string in JavaScript.

Solution 1

function reverseString (str) {
  return str.split('').reverse().join('')
}

console.time("function test");
reverseString('Hello') // => 0.250ms
console.timeEnd("function test");

Solution 2

function reverseString (str) {
  let reversed = '';
  for (const character of str) {
    reversed = character + reversed
  }
  return reversed
}
console.time("function test");
reverseString('Hello') // => 0.166ms
console.timeEnd("function test");

Solution 3

function reverseString (str) {
  return str.split('').reduce((reversed, character) => character + reversed, '')
}
console.time("function test");
reverseString('Hello') // => 0.133ms
console.timeEnd("function test");

In ES6, you have one more option

function reverseString (str) {
  return [...str].reverse().join('')
}

Answered By – Davaakhuu Erdenekhuu

Answer Checked By – Timothy Miller (BugsFixing Admin)