Is if-then-else generally a fast operation or is it one of the bugbears that drags down script performnce?

Assuming if-then-else and the ternary operator are not identical under the covers, would you expect one to be 10% faster than the other? 100% faster? 1,000% faster?

You have six instances of the ternary operator. If you could re-code these using the magic poof operator, they would take no time at all. How much change would that make in the performance of your script?

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