Javascript - The fastest way to copy part of an array to another

Question

I need to copy the FAST part of the array to another, replacing it with the old values.

• No range check required.
• Number of Items to Copy: 16384
• The array contains integers

control code: http://codebase.es/test/copytest.htm

This is my approach:

  var i = 0x4000>>5; // loops count
  var j = 0x4000;    // write start index
  var k = 0x8000;    // read start index
  while (i--) {      // loop unrolling
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];    
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    //8
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];    
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    //16
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];    
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    //24
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];    
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    dst[j++]=src[k++]; dst[j++]=src[k++];
    //32
  }    

can this be done faster?

Answer 1

You can continue to expand the loop to increase productivity even more quickly, but it looks like it's about as fast as you get it. As pointed out in a Gumbo comment, try using pre-increment instead of post-increment:

var i = 0x4000>>5 + 1; // loops count
var j = 0x4000 - 1;    // write start index
var k = 0x8000 - 1;    // read start index
while (--i) {      // loop unrolling
    dst[++j]=src[++k]; dst[++j]=src[++k];
    dst[++j]=src[++k]; dst[++j]=src[++k];    
    dst[++j]=src[++k]; dst[++j]=src[++k];
    dst[++j]=src[++k]; dst[++j]=src[++k];
    //8
    ...

Answer 2

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var i = 0x4000;     // loops count
var j = 0x4000;    // write start index
var k = 0x8000;    // read start index
while (i--) {      // loop unrolling
  dst[j++]=src[k++];
}

Answer 3

:

var dst = src.slice(start,end)

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Answer 4

, , .. FF:

function copy4() {
  var i = 0x4000; // loops count
  var j = 0x4000; // write start index
  var k = 0x8000; // read start index

  var args = src.slice(k, k+i);
  args.unshift(i);
  args.unshift(j);
  Array.prototype.splice.apply(dst,args);
}

Answer 5

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dst = dst.slice(0, writestart).concat(
    src.slice(readstart, readstart+count),
    dst.slice(writestart+count));

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Answer 6

Try a combination with the built-in method sliceand splice:

Array.prototype.splice.apply(dst, [j, i].concat(src.slice(k, k+i)));

Answer 7

You can create a fully deployed version, for example, through

function compileCopy(count, di, si) {
    var sb = new Array(count);
    di += count, si += count;
    while(count--) sb[count] = --di + ']=src[' + --si;
    return new Function('dst[' + sb.join('];dst[') + '];');
}

var copy = compileCopy(0x4000, 0x4000, 0x8000);

In Opera, this will be slightly faster than the loop version. In FF ... no (there might be some kind of error).