diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index abe46891..dc08a563 100644
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
(function( jQuery ) {
var windowData = {},
- rnum = /^-?\d+(?:\.\d+)$/,
+ rnum = /^-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?(?:E\d+)?$/,
rbrace = /^(?:{.*}|\[.*\])$/;
jQuery.extend({
diff --git a/test/unit/data.js b/test/unit/data.js
index f87d7ae4..058f23f4 100644
--- a/test/unit/data.js
+++ b/test/unit/data.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test(".data(String) and .data(String, Object)", function() {
});
test("data-* attributes", function() {
- expect(24);
+ expect(25);
var div = jQuery("
"),
child = jQuery("
");
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ test("data-* attributes", function() {
.attr("data-false", "false")
.attr("data-five", "5")
.attr("data-point", "5.5")
+ .attr("data-pointe", "5.5E3")
.attr("data-pointbad", "5..5")
.attr("data-pointbad2", "-.")
.attr("data-badjson", "{123}")
@@ -191,16 +192,17 @@ test("data-* attributes", function() {
.attr("data-null", "null")
.attr("data-string", "test");
- equals( child.data('true'), true, "Primitive true read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('false'), false, "Primitive false read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('five'), 5, "Primitive number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('point'), 5.5, "Primitive number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('pointbad'), "5..5", "Bad number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('pointbad2'), "-.", "Bad number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('badjson'), "{123}", "Bad number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('badjson2'), "[abc]", "Bad number read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('null'), null, "Primitive null read from attribute");
- equals( child.data('string'), "test", "Typical string read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('true'), true, "Primitive true read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('false'), false, "Primitive false read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('five'), 5, "Primitive number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('point'), 5.5, "Primitive number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('pointe'), 5500, "Primitive number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('pointbad'), "5..5", "Bad number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('pointbad2'), "-.", "Bad number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('badjson'), "{123}", "Bad number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('badjson2'), "[abc]", "Bad number read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('null'), null, "Primitive null read from attribute");
+ strictEqual( child.data('string'), "test", "Typical string read from attribute");
child.remove();