GH#

Author: rhshadrach

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.1.rst

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Fixed regressions
 
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
-- Fixed bug in :meth:`DataFrame.explode` and :meth:`Series.explode` where methods would fail with ``dtype="str"`` (:issue:`???`)
+- Fixed bug in :meth:`DataFrame.explode` and :meth:`Series.explode` where methods would fail with ``dtype="str"`` (:issue:`61623`)
 
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 .. _whatsnew_231.other:

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_explode.py

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ def test_multi_columns_nan_empty():
 
 
 def test_str_dtype():
+    # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/61623
     df = pd.DataFrame({"a": ["x", "y"]}, dtype="str")
     result = df.explode(column="a")
     assert result is not df

pandas/tests/series/methods/test_explode.py

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ def test_explode_pyarrow_non_list_type(ignore_index):
 
 
 def test_str_dtype():
+    # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/61623
     ser = pd.Series(["x", "y"], dtype="str")
     result = ser.explode()
     assert result is not ser