diff --git a/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/.meta/example.zig b/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/.meta/example.zig
index 80327467..09772ec1 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/.meta/example.zig
+++ b/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/.meta/example.zig
@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ const mem = std.mem;
 
 pub fn rows(allocator: mem.Allocator, count: usize) mem.Allocator.Error![][]u128 {
     var result = try allocator.alloc([]u128, count);
-    for (0..count) |i| {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    errdefer {
+        while (i > 0) {
+            i -= 1;
+            allocator.free(result[i]);
+        }
+        allocator.free(result);
+    }
+
+    while (i < count) : (i += 1) {
         result[i] = try allocator.alloc(u128, i + 1);
         result[i][0] = 1;
         result[i][i] = 1;
-        if (i == 0) {
+        if (i < 2) {
             continue;
         }
+
         for (1..i) |j| {
             result[i][j] = result[i - 1][j - 1] + result[i - 1][j];
         }
diff --git a/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/test_pascals_triangle.zig b/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/test_pascals_triangle.zig
index 0ac86b38..56e79bce 100644
--- a/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/test_pascals_triangle.zig
+++ b/exercises/practice/pascals-triangle/test_pascals_triangle.zig
@@ -10,11 +10,8 @@ fn free(slices: [][]u128) void {
     testing.allocator.free(slices);
 }
 
-test "zero rows" {
-    const expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 0);
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 0);
+fn rowsTest(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, count: usize, expected: [][]const u128) anyerror!void {
+    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(allocator, count);
     defer free(actual);
 
     try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
@@ -23,107 +20,92 @@ test "zero rows" {
     }
 }
 
+test "zero rows" {
+    const expected: [0][]const u128 = undefined;
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 0, &expected },
+    );
+}
+
 test "single row" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 1);
+    var expected: [1][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 1);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 1, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "two rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 2);
+    var expected: [2][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 2);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 2, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "three rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 3);
+    var expected: [3][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
     expected[2] = &.{ 1, 2, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 3);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 3, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "four rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 4);
+    var expected: [4][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
     expected[2] = &.{ 1, 2, 1 };
     expected[3] = &.{ 1, 3, 3, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 4);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 4, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "five rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 5);
+    var expected: [5][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
     expected[2] = &.{ 1, 2, 1 };
     expected[3] = &.{ 1, 3, 3, 1 };
     expected[4] = &.{ 1, 4, 6, 4, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 5);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 5, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "six rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 6);
+    var expected: [6][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
     expected[2] = &.{ 1, 2, 1 };
     expected[3] = &.{ 1, 3, 3, 1 };
     expected[4] = &.{ 1, 4, 6, 4, 1 };
     expected[5] = &.{ 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 6);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 6, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "ten rows" {
-    var expected = try testing.allocator.alloc([]const u128, 10);
+    var expected: [10][]const u128 = undefined;
     expected[0] = &.{1};
     expected[1] = &.{ 1, 1 };
     expected[2] = &.{ 1, 2, 1 };
@@ -134,15 +116,11 @@ test "ten rows" {
     expected[7] = &.{ 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1 };
     expected[8] = &.{ 1, 8, 28, 56, 70, 56, 28, 8, 1 };
     expected[9] = &.{ 1, 9, 36, 84, 126, 126, 84, 36, 9, 1 };
-    defer testing.allocator.free(expected);
-
-    const actual = try pascals_triangle.rows(testing.allocator, 10);
-    defer free(actual);
-
-    try testing.expectEqual(expected.len, actual.len);
-    for (expected, actual) |expected_slice, actual_slice| {
-        try testing.expectEqualSlices(u128, expected_slice, actual_slice);
-    }
+    try std.testing.checkAllAllocationFailures(
+        std.testing.allocator,
+        rowsTest,
+        .{ 10, &expected },
+    );
 }
 
 test "seventy-five rows" {