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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
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+-   [`b981bc3`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b981bc30e83a7f88cdc2c0efca082fb31f9e1ac0) - **refactor:** avoid repeated property access _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`550285b`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/550285bf4a57dd3dabc8ed3998e7b612515fe082) - **feat:** add support for boolean and mask array assignment _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`074cbef`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/074cbef3f9d616c37c2be856a949e257481ff2fc) - **docs:** add note concerning broadcasting of nested array elements _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`b079d65`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b079d653226019925581555fdaf9aa927ec69c0e) - **feat:** add support for integer array indexing assignment _(by Athan Reines)_

dist/index.js

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ function setElements( target, property, value, ctx ) {
 		dt = dtype( value ) || 'generic';
 	} else {
 		// When provided a "scalar", we need to check whether the value can be safely cast to the target array data type:
-		err = ctx.validator( value, ctx.dtype );
+		dt = ctx.dtype;
+		err = ctx.validator( value, dt );
 		if ( err ) {
 			throw err;
 		}
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ function setElements( target, property, value, ctx ) {
 			v = value;
 		}
 		// As the scalar can be safely cast, convert the scalar to an array having the same data type as the target array to allow for broadcasting during assignment:
-		v = scalar2array( v, ctx.dtype );
-		dt = ctx.dtype;
+		v = scalar2array( v, dt );
 	}
 	if ( idx.type === 'int' ) {
 		try {