diff --git a/base/at2d/test/test.js b/base/at2d/test/test.js
index d6fd3220..3a0cea57 100644
--- a/base/at2d/test/test.js
+++ b/base/at2d/test/test.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
+var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random/base/discrete-uniform' ).factory;
 var nCartesianProduct = require( './../../../base/n-cartesian-product' );
+var filled2dBy = require( './../../../base/filled2d-by' );
 var flatten2d = require( './../../../base/flatten2d' );
 var incrspace = require( './../../../base/incrspace' );
 var at2d = require( './../lib' );
@@ -46,10 +48,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns a nested array element (positive indices)', function
 	var i;
 
 	shape = [ 2, 2 ];
-	x = [
-		[ 1, 2 ],
-		[ 3, 4 ]
-	];
+	x = filled2dBy( shape, discreteUniform( 0, 10 ) );
 
 	i0 = incrspace( 0, shape[0], 1 );
 	i1 = incrspace( 0, shape[1], 1 );
@@ -75,10 +74,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns a nested array element (negative indices)', function
 	var i;
 
 	shape = [ 2, 2 ];
-	x = [
-		[ 1, 2 ],
-		[ 3, 4 ]
-	];
+	x = filled2dBy( shape, discreteUniform( 0, 10 ) );
 
 	i0 = incrspace( -shape[0], 0, 1 );
 	i1 = incrspace( -shape[1], 0, 1 );
@@ -104,10 +100,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns `undefined` if provided an out-of-bounds index (posi
 	var i;
 
 	shape = [ 2, 2 ];
-	x = [
-		[ 1, 2 ],
-		[ 3, 4 ]
-	];
+	x = filled2dBy( shape, discreteUniform( 0, 10 ) );
 
 	i0 = incrspace( shape[0], shape[0]+10, 1 );
 	i1 = incrspace( shape[1], shape[1]+10, 1 );
@@ -133,10 +126,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns `undefined` if provided an out-of-bounds index (nega
 	var i;
 
 	shape = [ 2, 2 ];
-	x = [
-		[ 1, 2 ],
-		[ 3, 4 ]
-	];
+	x = filled2dBy( shape, discreteUniform( 0, 10 ) );
 
 	i0 = incrspace( -shape[0]-10, -shape[0], 1 );
 	i1 = incrspace( -shape[1]-10, -shape[1], 1 );