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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ A total of 2 issues were closed in this release:
 
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+-   [`d705c4c`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/d705c4ce5bd726a4be870909e5c62b87927858c5) - **refactor:** guard against `null` and `undefined` _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`1908bae`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/1908bae6fe4852798ed12f620b59af50f762f2e5) - **feat:** add support for `struct` and `DataType` dtype values _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`a464a60`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/a464a60568b819f813aff054ba0c32476192d269) - **chore:** fix EditorConfig lint errors [(#6246)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/6246) _(by MANI, Athan Reines)_
 -   [`b6a6575`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b6a657548d4e7beacc37f26e7f49c77ae3ea2f0b) - **chore:** fix EditorConfig lint errors [(#6057)](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/6057) _(by Kaushikgtm)_

dist/index.js

@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ function bytesPerElement( dtype ) {
 	if ( isString( dtype ) ) {
 		return BYTES_PER_ELEMENT[ dtype ] || null;
 	}
-	v = dtype.byteLength;
-	if ( isPositiveInteger( v ) ) {
-		return v;
+	if ( dtype ) {
+		v = dtype.byteLength;
+		if ( isPositiveInteger( v ) ) {
+			return v;
+		}
 	}
 	return null;
 }