Coldfusion 8 Most efficient use of variable

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I am parsing a file and need to do something based on the files content. Which is most efficient, would use less resources or is best practice.(1)Accessing the file item within the if statement directly or (2) assigning that items value to a variable. Here is an example of each: (1)

<cfset file = XmlParse(file.filecontent)>
<cfif file.item1.xmltext neq "" & file.item2.xmltext neq "">

or

(2)

<cfset file = XmlParse(file.filecontent)>
<cfset item1 = file.item1.xmltext>
<cfif item1 neq "">

Keeping in mind that the same variable maybe accessed a few times throughout the program to test conditions.

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Coldfusion 8 Most efficient use of variable