fix: apply suggestions from code review

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Author: headlessNode

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/zdiff/lib/base.js

@@ -144,30 +144,16 @@ function base( N, x, strideX, offsetX, N1, prepend, strideP, offsetP, N2, append
 	}
 	// Compute forward differences over the input array:
 	if ( N > 0 ) {
-		if ( N1 === 0 ) {
-			ix += sx;
-			for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
-				rcurr = xv[ ix ];
-				icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
-				ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
-				ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
-				rprev = rcurr;
-				iprev = icurr;
-				io += so;
-				ix += sx;
-			}
-		} else {
+		ix += sx;
+		for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
+			rcurr = xv[ ix ];
+			icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
+			ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
+			ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
+			rprev = rcurr;
+			iprev = icurr;
+			io += so;
 			ix += sx;
-			for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
-				rcurr = xv[ ix ];
-				icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
-				ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
-				ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
-				rprev = rcurr;
-				iprev = icurr;
-				io += so;
-				ix += sx;
-			}
 		}
 		if ( N2 > 0 ) {
 			rcurr = av[ ia ];

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/blas/ext/base/zdiff/src/main.c

@@ -130,30 +130,16 @@ static void stdlib_strided_internal_zdiff_ndarray( const CBLAS_INT N, const void
 	}
 	// Calculate the forward difference over the input array...
 	if ( N > 0 ) {
-		if ( N1 == 0 ) {
-			ix += sx;
-			for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
-				rcurr = xv[ ix ];
-				icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
-				ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
-				ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
-				rprev = rcurr;
-				iprev = icurr;
-				io += so;
-				ix += sx;
-			}
-		} else {
+		ix += sx;
+		for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
+			rcurr = xv[ ix ];
+			icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
+			ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
+			ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
+			rprev = rcurr;
+			iprev = icurr;
+			io += so;
 			ix += sx;
-			for ( i = 1; i < N; i++ ) {
-				rcurr = xv[ ix ];
-				icurr = xv[ ix+1 ];
-				ov[ io ] = rcurr - rprev;
-				ov[ io+1 ] = icurr - iprev;
-				rprev = rcurr;
-				iprev = icurr;
-				io += so;
-				ix += sx;
-			}
 		}
 		if ( N2 > 0 ) {
 			rcurr = av[ ia ];