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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ A total of 37 issues were closed in this release:
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`35c585c`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/35c585c9c40c66b881df40578a18331bafc3c48e) - **refactor:** use assertion utility _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`9333f71`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/9333f717337007d160cb66e57e7a97d4da2ff0c0) - **test:** add tests for DataType instances _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`908b8bb`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/908b8bbc9abb690c1038d9a31eb99dc079584667) - **docs:** update `ndarray` TypeScript declarations [(#9405)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/9405) _(by stdlib-bot)_
 -   [`880be90`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/880be90c78565355d6e6616def13ccf5037faeca) - **style:** add missing spaces before closing bracket _(by Philipp Burckhardt)_

base/ndims/lib/main.js

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+// MODULES //
+
+var isNumber = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-number' ).isPrimitive;
+
+
 // MAIN //
 
 /**
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@
 */
 function ndims( x ) {
 	var n = x.ndims; // Note: intentionally cache in case `ndims` is lazily resolved via accessor
-	if ( typeof n === 'number' ) {
+	if ( isNumber( n ) ) {
 		return n;
 	}
 	return x.shape.length;