Fix bug with saving compound units

etiennelatulippe · Sep 1, 2018 · dea392d · dea392d
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commit dea392d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/quantity_field/base.py b/quantity_field/base.py
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ def from_string(cls, data):
         Example:
             >>> mq = MultiQuantity.from_string('2.0*5.5*4.0 meter')
         """
-
-        packed_values = data.split(cls.SEPARATOR)
-        packed_values = packed_values[:-1] + packed_values[-1].split()
-        packed_values = [float(v) for v in packed_values[:-1]] + [packed_values[-1]]
+        parsed_quantity = Quantity(data)
+        unitless = data.replace(str(parsed_quantity.units), '')
+        packed_values = [float(v) for v in unitless.split(cls.SEPARATOR)] + [str(parsed_quantity.units)]
 
         return cls.from_list(*packed_values)