From 35671ef1391d024ad1ea80736914ba24bca13755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Niklas <mick.niklas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:24:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Accept numpy dev's error message in test_setitem

numpy dev no longer uses the np.str_ repr in the 'could not convert
string to float' message.

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 xarray/tests/test_dataset.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py b/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
index a8f502a2d80..b0dfe9d89f2 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -4827,7 +4827,7 @@ def test_setitem(self) -> None:
             data4[{"dim2": [2, 3]}] = data3["var1"][{"dim2": [3, 4]}].values
         data5 = data4.astype(str)
         data5["var4"] = data4["var1"]
-        err_msg = r"could not convert string to float: np\.str_\('a'\)"
+        err_msg = r"could not convert string to float: (np\.str_\()?'a'\)?"
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=err_msg):
             data5[{"dim2": 1}] = "a"