conditional operator good for optimization?

[pkohut]

I'm trying to remove branches from my code so it consumes less %cpu.

if ( b ) {
 a = c;
} else {
 a = d;
}

if ( b ) {
 a = c;
} else {
 a = d;
}

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Preload variable a before the if statement -

a = d;
if(b)
  a = c;

a = d;
if(b)
  a = c;

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