netlogo, ticks is slower if setting a variable - performance

Question

NORMAL TICKS SPEED:
ask turtles with [seated? = 0] [
fd speed
if (pxcor > -5 and pxcor < 10) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 10) [facexy (87 + random 4) (6 + random 4) fd speed]
if (pxcor > 25 and pxcor < 28) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 12) [
let choice random 2
fd speed
if choice = 0 [leftbench]
if choice = 1 [facexy 75 (6 + random 5)]
]
if (pxcor > 73 and pxcor < 79) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 15) [rightbench fd speed]
if pcolor = brown and not any? other turtles-here
[ move-to patch-here
set seated? true
set pcolor orange
]
]
SLOW TICKS SPEED:
ask turtles with [seated? = 0] [
let gate patches with [(pxcor >= 88 and pxcor <= 90) and (pycor >= 5)]
fd speed
if (pxcor > -5 and pxcor < 10) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 10) [face one-of gate fd speed]
if (pxcor > 25 and pxcor < 28) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 12) [
let choice random 2
fd speed
if choice = 0 [leftbench]
if choice = 1 [facexy 75 (6 + random 5)]
]
if (pxcor > 73 and pxcor < 79) and (pycor > 5 and pycor < 15) [rightbench fd speed]
if pcolor = brown and not any? other turtles-here
[ move-to patch-here
set seated? true
set pcolor orange
]
]
the problem is, I want to make the speed normal every time I set a variable to make coding a lot easier and more organized.. please help

Answer 1

If you have a chunk of code you want to use twice, put it in a procedure.
Then whenever you need that chunk of code, you don't have to repeat it using copy-and-paste; you just call the procedure.
If the procedure needs to be able to behave a little differently, depending on where it's being used, you might have the procedure take inputs, and then have it inspect those inputs to decide what to do.
See http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/programming.html#procedures .
I hope this helps? I'm not entirely sure I'm addressing your question, but if I'm not, maybe you can clarify what it is you're trying to do.