1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Functions.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Functions.pm
index 57c5b08..a37cdaf 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Functions.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin/Functions.pm
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ use Params::Validate qw(:types validate);
 use Math::Calc::Units;
 
 # Remember to update Nagios::Plugins as well
-our $VERSION = "0.26";
+our $VERSION = "0.27";
 
 our @STATUS_CODES = qw(OK WARNING CRITICAL UNKNOWN DEPENDENT);
 
 require Exporter;
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = (@STATUS_CODES, qw(nagios_exit nagios_die check_messages));
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw(%ERRORS %STATUS_TEXT @STATUS_CODES get_shortname max_state convert);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(%ERRORS %STATUS_TEXT @STATUS_CODES get_shortname max_state convert $value_re);
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
     all => [ @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK ],
     codes => [ @STATUS_CODES ],
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ our %ERRORS = (
 
 our %STATUS_TEXT = reverse %ERRORS;
 
+my $value = qr/[-+]?[\d\.]+/;
+our $value_re = qr/$value(?:e$value)?/;
+
 # _fake_exit flag and accessor/mutator, for testing
 my $_fake_exit = 0;
 sub _fake_exit { @_ ? $_fake_exit = shift : $_fake_exit };