TST:Add test to check single category col returns series with single row slice (#29521)

Closes #14011

Author: ryankarlos

pandas/tests/frame/test_dtypes.py

@@ -762,6 +762,15 @@ def test_astype_categoricaldtype_class_raises(self, cls):
  with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=xpr):
  df["A"].astype(cls)
 
+ def test_singlerow_slice_categoricaldtype_gives_series(self):
+ # GH29521
+ df = pd.DataFrame({"x": pd.Categorical("a b c d e".split())})
+ result = df.iloc[0]
+ raw_cat = pd.Categorical(["a"], categories=["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"])
+ expected = pd.Series(raw_cat, index=["x"], name=0, dtype="category")
+
+ tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
  @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", ["Int64", "Int32", "Int16"])
  def test_astype_extension_dtypes(self, dtype):
  # GH 22578