Natural If-Else Structure

#
# If val is even, add it to $t2
# else, add the value to $t1
#
        lw    $t0,val          # $t0 has the value
        andi  $t8,$t0,1        # one's place in $t8 is zero or one
        
          $t8,odd      # if even
                               # {
        addu  $t2,$t2,$t0      #     add to $t2
        b     endif            # }
        
odd:                           # else
        addu  $t1,$t1,$t0      #     add to $t1
        
endif:  nop

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val:   .word  37