lib/instrumental/agent.rb in instrumental_agent-0.7 vs lib/instrumental/agent.rb in instrumental_agent-0.7.1

@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@
       note !~ /[\n\r]/
     end
 
     def valid?(metric, value, time)
       valid_metric = metric =~ /^([\d\w\-_]+\.)*[\d\w\-_]+$/i
-      valid_value  = value.to_s =~ /^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$/
+      valid_value  = value.to_s =~ /^-?\d+(\.\d+)?(e-\d+)?$/
 
       return true if valid_metric && valid_value
 
       report_invalid_metric(metric) unless valid_metric
       report_invalid_value(metric, value) unless valid_value