diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/ahavercos-by/test/test.ndarray.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/ahavercos-by/test/test.ndarray.js
index 5fe25d5d4bcf..948c9a34e63e 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/ahavercos-by/test/test.ndarray.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/strided/special/ahavercos-by/test/test.ndarray.js
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the inverse half-value versed cosine via a callback
 	ahavercosBy( x.length, x, 1, 0, y, 1, 0, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = [];// sparse array
+	x.length = 5;
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
 	expected = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ tape( 'the function computes the inverse half-value versed cosine via a callback
 	ahavercosBy( x.length, x, 1, 0, y, 1, 0, accessor );
 	t.deepEqual( y, expected, 'deep equal' );
 
-	x = new Array( 5 ); // sparse array
+	x = []; // sparse array
+	x.length = 5;
 	x[ 2 ] = rand();
 	y = [ 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 ];
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/async/for-each-right/examples/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/async/for-each-right/examples/index.js
index f7c6af918f09..f2c8b3c8ae14 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/async/for-each-right/examples/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/async/for-each-right/examples/index.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function read( file, next ) {
 
 	function onFile( error ) {
 		if ( error ) {
-			error = new Error( 'unable to read file: '+file );
+			error = new Error( 'unable to read file:%s ', file );
 			return next( error );
 		}
 		console.log( 'Successfully read file: %s', file );