diff --git a/arkouda/pdarraycreation.py b/arkouda/pdarraycreation.py
index 3f51fc2626..2fe77e4642 100644
--- a/arkouda/pdarraycreation.py
+++ b/arkouda/pdarraycreation.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from typeguard import typechecked
+
 from arkouda.client import generic_msg, get_max_array_rank
 from arkouda.numpy.dtypes import (
     NUMBER_FORMAT_STRINGS,
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@ def array(
     >>> type(strings)
     <class 'arkouda.strings.Strings'>
     """
-    # Removed @typechecked to prevent cyclic dependencies with Array
     from arkouda.numeric import cast as akcast
 
     # If a is already a pdarray, do nothing
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ def array(
         # including the dtype and size. If the server has a different byteorder
         # than our numpy array we need to swap to match since the server expects
         # native endian bytes
-
         aview = _array_memview(a)
         rep_msg = generic_msg(
             cmd=f"array<{a.dtype.name},{ndim}>",
@@ -316,7 +315,6 @@ def array(
             payload=aview,
             send_binary=True,
         )
-
         return create_pdarray(rep_msg) if dtype is None else akcast(create_pdarray(rep_msg), dtype)
 
 
@@ -611,7 +609,6 @@ def full(
     >>> ak.full(5, 5, dtype=ak.bool_)
     array([True, True, True, True, True])
     """
-
     if isinstance(fill_value, str):
         return _full_string(size, fill_value)