# import necessary libraries
import pandas as pd

# create a sample series
s = pd.Series([1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4])

# check if the series is empty or of dtype 'object'
if s.empty or s.dtype == 'object':
	print("Error: The series is empty or of dtype 'object'.")
else:
	# use for loop to find local maxima, idx = index
	local_max = []
	for idx in range(1, len(s)-1):
			if s[idx-1] < s[idx] > s[idx+1]:
					local_max.append(s[idx])

	# print the results
	if local_max:
			print("The local maxima are:", local_max)
	else:
			print("There are no local maxima in the series.")