const x = []; for (let i = 0; i < 50_000_000; i++) { x[i] = Math.random(); } const for_test_list = [...x] const for_timings = [] for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) { const startTime = performance.now() for (let i = 0; i < for_test_list.length; i++) { for_test_list[i] * 2 } const timeElapsed = performance.now() - startTime for_timings.push(timeElapsed) console.log(`for#${i + 1} time: ${timeElapsed.toFixed(4)} ms`) } console.log(`Average 'for' time: ${(for_timings.reduce((a,b) => a+b)/for_timings.length).toFixed(4)} ms`) print_xvals(for_test_list) const map_test_list = [...x] const map_timings = [] for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) { const startTime = performance.now() map_test_list.map(val => val*2) const timeElapsed = performance.now() - startTime map_timings.push(timeElapsed) console.log(`map#${i + 1} time: ${timeElapsed.toFixed(4)}`) } console.log(`Average 'map' time: ${(map_timings.reduce((a,b) => a+b)/for_timings.length).toFixed(4)} ms`) print_xvals(map_test_list) function print_xvals(x) { console.log(x[0], x[Math.floor(x.length / 2)], x[x.length - 1]) }