Merge pull request #79 from tv3141/consistent_string_representation

Use self.symbol as consistent string representation
SciTools · Nov 10, 2017 · b74f3be · b74f3be
2 parents bd988a4 + 05d1764
commit b74f3be
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/cf_units/__init__.py b/cf_units/__init__.py
@@ -1670,12 +1670,12 @@ def __str__(self):
         For example:
 
             >>> import cf_units
-            >>> u = cf_units.Unit('meters')
+            >>> u = cf_units.Unit('miles/hour')
             >>> str(u)
-            'meters'
+            'miles/hour'
 
         """
-        return self.origin or self.name
+        return self.origin or self.symbol
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """