Fixed scientific notaion not highlighting correctly, issue 21435

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index ec98b01ced..a32beecdd9 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -6400,8 +6400,8 @@ Map<int, TextEdit::HighlighterInfo> TextEdit::_get_line_syntax_highlighting(int
 			is_hex_notation = false;
 		}
 
-		// check for dot or underscore or 'x' for hex notation in floating point number
-		if ((str[j] == '.' || str[j] == 'x' || str[j] == '_' || str[j] == 'f') && !in_word && prev_is_number && !is_number) {
+		// check for dot or underscore or 'x' for hex notation in floating point number or 'e' for scientific notation
+		if ((str[j] == '.' || str[j] == 'x' || str[j] == '_' || str[j] == 'f' || str[j] == 'e') && !in_word && prev_is_number && !is_number) {
 			is_number = true;
 			is_symbol = false;
 			is_char = false;