added test

yarnabrina · yarnabrina · commit 210ca0479f23 · 2024-07-07T22:04:54.000+05:30
(cherry picked from commit 2de7d8c)
diff --git a/sktime/datatypes/tests/test_check.py b/sktime/datatypes/tests/test_check.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+import pandas
 
 from sktime.datatypes._check import (
     AMBIGUOUS_MTYPES,
     check_dict,
     check_is_mtype,
     check_is_scitype,
+    check_raise,
 )
 from sktime.datatypes._check import mtype as infer_mtype
 from sktime.datatypes._check import scitype as infer_scitype
@@ -471,3 +473,14 @@ def test_scitype_infer(scitype, mtype, fixture_index):
         assert scitype == infer_scitype(
             fixture, candidate_scitypes=SCITYPES_FOR_INFER_TEST
         ), f"scitype {scitype} not correctly identified for fixture {fixture_index}"
+
+
+def test_object_support_for_series_scitype() -> None:
+    """Test that passing object dtype does not fail series scitype check."""
+
+    sample_dataset = pandas.Series(
+        np.random.default_rng().choice(["A", "B"], size=(31 + 29 + 31), replace=True),
+        index=pandas.date_range(start="2000-01-01", end="2000-03-31", freq="D"),
+    )
+
+    assert check_raise(sample_dataset, "pd.Series")
