Backport PR #54823 on branch 2.1.x (REGR: clip raising for list-bound) (#54829)

Backport PR #54823: REGR: clip raising for list-bound

Co-authored-by: Patrick Hoefler <[email protected]>

Author: meeseeksmachine

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -7929,6 +7929,7 @@ def to_series(right):
                     )
         elif isinstance(right, Series):
             # axis=1 is default for DataFrame-with-Series op
+            axis = axis if axis is not None else 1
             if not flex:
                 if not left.axes[axis].equals(right.index):
                     raise ValueError(

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_clip.py

@@ -177,3 +177,14 @@ def test_clip_int_data_with_float_bound(self):
         result = df.clip(lower=1.5)
         expected = DataFrame({"a": [1.5, 2.0, 3.0]})
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_clip_with_list_bound(self):
+        # GH#54817
+        df = DataFrame([1, 5])
+        expected = DataFrame([3, 5])
+        result = df.clip([3])
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        expected = DataFrame([1, 3])
+        result = df.clip(upper=[3])
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)