code: def test_series_str_decode():
      # GH 22613
      result = Series([b"x", b"y"]).str.decode(
          encoding="UTF-8", errors="strict"
      )
      expected = Series(["x", "y"], dtype="object")
      tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
  
imports: from datetime import datetime, timedelta
  import numpy
  import pytest
  from pandas import DataFrame, Index, MultiIndex, Series
  import pandas._testing
  from pandas.core.strings.accessor import StringMethods
  from pandas.tests.strings import object_pyarrow_numpy
label_desc: Use image node_id 48 for calling a global function with example usage: test_series_str_decode() without return types