From 581f4652a295c66a11fe287dae5b0e2589ecde11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Magin <keewis@posteo.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 20:00:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] don't try to create a `dask` array if `dask` is not installed

---
 xarray/tests/test_indexing.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_indexing.py b/xarray/tests/test_indexing.py
index 78a63cb380c..92c21cc32fb 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_indexing.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_indexing.py
@@ -913,7 +913,10 @@ def __array_function__(self, func, types, args, kwargs):
 
 
 def as_dask_array(arr, chunks):
-    import dask.array as da
+    try:
+        import dask.array as da
+    except ImportError:
+        return None
 
     return da.from_array(arr, chunks=chunks)