2.1.123 [CSS-Level2-2009] Section G.2, Lexical scanner
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num [0-9]+|[0-9]*"."[0-9]+
All Document Modes (All Versions)
Lengths can be specified in scientific notation; for example, '5e2px' instead of '500px. The grammar for the num macro is [0-9]+|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+[ e|E [0-9]+].
Quirks Mode and IE7 Mode (All Versions)
Percentages can be specified in scientific notation; for example, '5e2%' instead of '500%'. The grammar for the num macro is [0-9]+|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+[ e|E [0-9]+].