does direction of if condition affect speed?

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Setup

var str = "123456789";
  var chunks = [];
  var chunkSize = 2;

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str.length < chunkSize
while (str) {
  if (str.length < chunkSize) {
    chunks.push(str);
    break;
  } else {
    chunks.push(str.substr(0, chunkSize));
    str = str.substr(chunkSize);
  }
}
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str.length > chunkSize
while (str) {
  if (str.length > chunkSize) {
    chunks.push(str.substr(0, chunkSize));
    str = str.substr(chunkSize);
  } else {
    chunks.push(str);
    break;
  }
}
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