refactor: reorder expressions

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Author: kgryte

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/count-if/lib/assign.js

@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ function assign( x, y, options, predicate, thisArg ) {
 	if ( !isndarrayLike( y ) ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be an ndarray-like object. Value: `%s`.', y ) );
 	}
-	N = ndims( x );
-
 	// Case: assign( x, y, predicate )
 	if ( nargs < 4 ) {
 		cb = options;
@@ -137,6 +135,7 @@ function assign( x, y, options, predicate, thisArg ) {
 	else {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Fourth argument must be a function. Value: `%s`.', predicate ) );
 	}
+	N = ndims( x );
 	opts = objectAssign( {}, defaults );
 	if ( flg ) {
 		err = validate( opts, N, o );