diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/unicode/stemleaf/lib/format_data.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/unicode/stemleaf/lib/format_data.js
index 3833fb45397b..7e1c9918732d 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/unicode/stemleaf/lib/format_data.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/plot/unicode/stemleaf/lib/format_data.js
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ function formatData( data, getValue ) {
 
 	// TODO: add support for `ndarray`-like interfaces
 
-	out = new Array( data.length );
+	out = [];
 	for ( i = 0; i < data.length; i++ ) {
 		d = getValue( data[ i ], i );
 		if ( isnan( d ) || isInfinite( d ) ) {
 			continue;
 		}
-		out[ i ] = round( d );
+		out.push( round( d ) );
 	}
 
 	return out;