Are list-comprehensions and functional functions faster than “for loops”?

In terms of performance in Python, is a list-comprehension, or functions like map(), filter() and reduce() faster than a for loop? Why, technically, they run in a C speed, while the for loop runs in the python virtual machine speed?. Suppose that in a game that I’m developing I need to draw complex and huge … Read more

Post-increment and pre-increment within a ‘for’ loop produce same output [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Difference between pre-increment and post-increment in a loop? (23 answers) Closed 7 years ago. The following for loops produce identical results even though one uses post increment and the other pre-increment. Here is the code: for(i=0; i<5; i++) { printf(“%d”, i); } for(i=0; i<5; ++i) { printf(“%d”, i); } … Read more

Are loops really faster in reverse?

I’ve heard this quite a few times. Are JavaScript loops really faster when counting backward? If so, why? I’ve seen a few test suite examples showing that reversed loops are quicker, but I can’t find any explanation as to why! I’m assuming it’s because the loop no longer has to evaluate a property each time … Read more

Check if object value exists within a Javascript array of objects and if not add a new object to array

If I have the following array of objects: [ { id: 1, username: ‘fred’ }, { id: 2, username: ‘bill’ }, { id: 2, username: ‘ted’ } ] Is there a way to loop through the array to check whether a particular username value already exists and if it does do nothing, but if it … Read more