diff --git a/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/README.md b/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
index 26e4c381..0720d231 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
+++ b/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
@@ -73,19 +73,17 @@ bool = isMostlySafeCast( 'float64', 'int32' );
 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->
 
 ```javascript
-var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/base/cartesian-square' );
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
 var isMostlySafeCast = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast' );
 
 // Generate a list of dtype pairs:
-var pairs = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
 
 // For each data type pair, determine whether one can cast to another data type...
-var dt;
 var i;
-for ( i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++ ) {
-    dt = pairs[ i ];
-    console.log( '%s => %s. Can cast? %s.', dt[ 0 ], dt[ 1 ], isMostlySafeCast( dt[0], dt[1] ) );
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+    console.log( '%s. Can cast? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isMostlySafeCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js b/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
index c1643b81..1a8732e8 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
+++ b/base/assert/is-mostly-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
@@ -18,17 +18,15 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/base/cartesian-square' );
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( './../../../../dtypes' );
 var isMostlySafeCast = require( './../lib' );
 
 // Generate a list of dtype pairs:
-var pairs = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
 
 // For each data type pair, determine whether one can cast to another data type...
-var dt;
 var i;
-for ( i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++ ) {
-	dt = pairs[ i ];
-	console.log( '%s => %s. Can cast? %s.', dt[ 0 ], dt[ 1 ], isMostlySafeCast( dt[0], dt[1] ) );
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+	console.log( '%s. Can cast? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isMostlySafeCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }
diff --git a/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/README.md b/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
index 68329237..05865ae4 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
+++ b/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/README.md
@@ -73,25 +73,17 @@ bool = isSafeCast( 'float64', 'int32' );
 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->
 
 ```javascript
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
 var isSafeCast = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var bool;
-var dt;
+// Generate a list of dtype pairs:
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
+
+// For each data type pair, determine whether one can safely cast from one data type to another...
 var i;
-var j;
-
-// Get a list of supported ndarray data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
-
-// For each data type, determine whether one can safely cast to another data type...
-for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
-    dt = DTYPES[ i ];
-    for ( j = 0; j < DTYPES.length; j++ ) {
-        bool = isSafeCast( dt, DTYPES[ j ] );
-        console.log( '%s => %s. Safe? %s.', dt, DTYPES[ j ], bool );
-    }
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+    console.log( '%s. Safe? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isSafeCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js b/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
index 2d42d753..684f664e 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
+++ b/base/assert/is-safe-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
@@ -18,23 +18,15 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( './../../../../dtypes' );
 var isSafeCast = require( './../lib' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var bool;
-var dt;
-var i;
-var j;
-
-// Get a list of supported ndarray data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
+// Generate a list of dtype pairs:
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
 
-// For each data type, determine whether one can safely cast to another data type...
-for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
-	dt = DTYPES[ i ];
-	for ( j = 0; j < DTYPES.length; j++ ) {
-		bool = isSafeCast( dt, DTYPES[ j ] );
-		console.log( '%s => %s. Safe? %s.', dt, DTYPES[ j ], bool );
-	}
+// For each data type pair, determine whether one can safely cast from one data type to another...
+var i;
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+	console.log( '%s. Safe? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isSafeCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }
diff --git a/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/README.md b/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/README.md
index abf66e84..27017292 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/README.md
+++ b/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/README.md
@@ -73,25 +73,17 @@ bool = isSameKindCast( 'uint16', 'int16' );
 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->
 
 ```javascript
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/dtypes' );
 var isSameKindCast = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var bool;
-var dt;
+// Generate a list of dtype pairs:
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
+
+// For each data type pair, determine whether one can cast from one data type to another...
 var i;
-var j;
-
-// Get a list of supported ndarray data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
-
-// For each data type, determine whether one can cast to another data type...
-for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
-    dt = DTYPES[ i ];
-    for ( j = 0; j < DTYPES.length; j++ ) {
-        bool = isSameKindCast( dt, DTYPES[ j ] );
-        console.log( '%s => %s. Allowed cast? %s.', dt, DTYPES[ j ], bool );
-    }
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+    console.log( '%s. Allowed cast? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isSameKindCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/examples/index.js b/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
index fdbc5464..91ecf9bd 100644
--- a/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
+++ b/base/assert/is-same-kind-data-type-cast/examples/index.js
@@ -18,23 +18,15 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var cartesianSquare = require( '@stdlib/array/cartesian-square' );
 var dtypes = require( './../../../../dtypes' );
 var isSameKindCast = require( './../lib' );
 
-var DTYPES;
-var bool;
-var dt;
-var i;
-var j;
-
-// Get a list of supported ndarray data types:
-DTYPES = dtypes();
+// Generate a list of dtype pairs:
+var dt = cartesianSquare( dtypes() );
 
-// For each data type, determine whether one can cast to another data type...
-for ( i = 0; i < DTYPES.length; i++ ) {
-	dt = DTYPES[ i ];
-	for ( j = 0; j < DTYPES.length; j++ ) {
-		bool = isSameKindCast( dt, DTYPES[ j ] );
-		console.log( '%s => %s. Allowed cast? %s.', dt, DTYPES[ j ], bool );
-	}
+// For each data type pair, determine whether one can cast from one data type to another...
+var i;
+for ( i = 0; i < dt.length; i++ ) {
+	console.log( '%s. Allowed cast? %s.', dt[i].join( ' => ' ), isSameKindCast.apply( null, dt[i] ) );
 }