diff --git a/src/core/array.rs b/src/core/array.rs
index 2d1119213..19519c9fc 100644
--- a/src/core/array.rs
+++ b/src/core/array.rs
@@ -189,16 +189,20 @@ where
     /// An example of creating an Array from half::f16 array
     ///
     /// ```rust
-    /// use arrayfire::{Array, Dim4, print};
+    /// use arrayfire::{Array, Dim4, is_half_available, print};
     /// use half::f16;
     ///
     /// let values: [f32; 3] = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0];
     ///
-    /// let half_values = values.iter().map(|&x| f16::from_f32(x)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    /// if is_half_available(0) { // Default device is 0, hence the argument
+    ///     let half_values = values.iter().map(|&x| f16::from_f32(x)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
     ///
-    /// let hvals = Array::new(&half_values, Dim4::new(&[3, 1, 1, 1]));
+    ///     let hvals = Array::new(&half_values, Dim4::new(&[3, 1, 1, 1]));
     ///
-    /// print(&hvals);
+    ///     print(&hvals);
+    /// } else {
+    ///     println!("Half support isn't available on this device");
+    /// }
     /// ```
     ///
     pub fn new(slice: &[T], dims: Dim4) -> Self {
diff --git a/src/core/data.rs b/src/core/data.rs
index 22dfc0425..56ea07195 100644
--- a/src/core/data.rs
+++ b/src/core/data.rs
@@ -948,9 +948,9 @@ pub fn pad<T: HasAfEnum>(
         let err_val = af_pad(
             &mut temp as *mut af_array,
             input.get(),
-            begin.ndims() as c_uint,
+            4,
             begin.get().as_ptr() as *const dim_t,
-            end.ndims() as c_uint,
+            4,
             end.get().as_ptr() as *const dim_t,
             fill_type as c_uint,
         );
@@ -963,7 +963,9 @@ pub fn pad<T: HasAfEnum>(
 mod tests {
     use super::reorder_v2;
 
+    use super::super::defines::BorderType;
     use super::super::random::randu;
+    use super::pad;
 
     use crate::dim4;
 
@@ -976,4 +978,12 @@ mod tests {
         let _swap_1_2 = reorder_v2(&a, 0, 2, Some(vec![1]));
         let _swap_0_3 = reorder_v2(&a, 3, 1, Some(vec![2, 0]));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn check_pad_api() {
+        let a = randu::<f32>(dim4![3, 3]);
+        let begin_dims = dim4!(0, 0, 0, 0);
+        let end_dims = dim4!(2, 2, 0, 0);
+        let _padded = pad(&a, begin_dims, end_dims, BorderType::ZERO);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/device.rs b/src/core/device.rs
index 3d313e421..61f856e23 100644
--- a/src/core/device.rs
+++ b/src/core/device.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     fn af_alloc_pinned(non_pagable_ptr: *mut void_ptr, bytes: dim_t) -> c_int;
     fn af_free_pinned(non_pagable_ptr: void_ptr) -> c_int;
+    fn af_get_half_support(available: *mut c_int, device: c_int) -> c_int;
 }
 
 /// Get ArrayFire Version Number
@@ -331,3 +332,21 @@ pub unsafe fn free_pinned(ptr: void_ptr) {
     let err_val = af_free_pinned(ptr);
     HANDLE_ERROR(AfError::from(err_val));
 }
+
+/// Check if a device has half support
+///
+/// # Parameters
+///
+/// - `device` is the device for which half precision support is checked for
+///
+/// # Return Values
+///
+/// `True` if `device` device has half support, `False` otherwise.
+pub fn is_half_available(device: i32) -> bool {
+    unsafe {
+        let mut temp: i32 = 0;
+        let err_val = af_get_half_support(&mut temp as *mut c_int, device as c_int);
+        HANDLE_ERROR(AfError::from(err_val));
+        temp > 0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/index.rs b/src/core/index.rs
index dc2b711ae..6552d76bd 100644
--- a/src/core/index.rs
+++ b/src/core/index.rs
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ pub fn set_row<T>(inout: &mut Array<T>, new_row: &Array<T>, row_num: u64)
 where
     T: HasAfEnum,
 {
-    let seqs = [
-        Seq::new(row_num as f64, row_num as f64, 1.0),
-        Seq::default(),
-    ];
+    let mut seqs = vec![Seq::new(row_num as f64, row_num as f64, 1.0)];
+    if inout.dims().ndims() > 1 {
+        seqs.push(Seq::default());
+    }
     assign_seq(inout, &seqs, new_row)
 }