OpenFF Units documentation

openff-units

string_to_openmm_unit

openff.units.openmm.string_to_openmm_unit(unit_string: str) → openmm.unit.Unit

Deserializes a openmm.unit.Quantity from a string representation, for example: “kilocalories_per_mole / angstrom ** 2”

Parameters

unit_string (dict) – Serialized representation of a openmm.unit.Quantity.

Returns

output_unit (openmm.unit.Quantity) – The deserialized unit from the string

Raises

MissingOpenMMUnitError – if the unit is unavailable in OpenMM.