From 267c3219cfb9adf28c0470adf93a0f018962f64b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Stancsics <martin.stancsics@quantco.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:17:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make the check work with the new changes

---
 src/tabmat/categorical_matrix.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tabmat/categorical_matrix.py b/src/tabmat/categorical_matrix.py
index 3cda6fa5..7c445a48 100644
--- a/src/tabmat/categorical_matrix.py
+++ b/src/tabmat/categorical_matrix.py
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ def cat(self):
             "This property will be removed in the next major release.",
             category=DeprecationWarning,
         )
-        try:
+        if pd:
             return pd.Categorical.from_codes(self.indices, categories=self.categories)
-        except NameError:
+        else:
             raise ModuleNotFoundError(
                 "The `cat` property is provided for backward compatibility and "
                 "requires pandas to be installed."