Is there a splice method for strings?

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It is faster to slice the string twice, like this:

function spliceSlice(str, index, count, add) {
  // We cannot pass negative indexes directly to the 2nd slicing operation.
  if (index < 0) {
    index = str.length + index;
    if (index < 0) {
      index = 0;
    }
  }

  return str.slice(0, index) + (add || "") + str.slice(index + count);
}

than using a split followed by a join (Kumar Harsh’s method), like this:

function spliceSplit(str, index, count, add) {
  var ar = str.split('');
  ar.splice(index, count, add);
  return ar.join('');
}

Here’s a jsperf that compares the two and a couple other methods. (jsperf has been down for a few months now. Please suggest alternatives in comments.)

Although the code above implements functions that reproduce the general functionality of splice, optimizing the code for the case presented by the asker (that is, adding nothing to the modified string) does not change the relative performance of the various methods.

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