Update ssml.cleanse to stop removing spaces before decimals (#236)

* Update ssml.cleanse to stop removing spaces before decimals (i.e. “.2oz, .5oz, .25oz” > “.2oz,.5oz,.25oz”)

* Update CHANGELOG

* Replace speak/break/etc tags with nothing instead of a space

* Add test to prevent regression regarding truncation of spaces before periods

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ### 4.0.1 (Next)
 
+* [#236](https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-app/pull/236): Update `ssml.cleanse` to stop removing spaces before decimals - [@aminimalanimal](https://github.com/aminimalanimal).
 * [#215](https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-app/pull/215): Fixed `session.details` to match with session in the request object - [@danielstieber](https://github.com/danielstieber).
 * [#223](https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-app/issues/223): Added support for `AskForPermissionsConsent` cards - [@ericblade](https://github.com/ericblade).
 * [#219](https://github.com/alexa-js/alexa-app/pull/219): Preserve session when clearing non-existent attribute - [@adrianba](https://github.com/adrianba).

lib/to-ssml.js

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ var ssml = {
   },
   cleanse: function(str) {
     // <p> is left in place to support intended HTML output
-    return str.replace(/<\/?(speak|break|phoneme|audio|say-as|s\b|w\b)[^>]*>/gi, " ")
+    return str.replace(/<\/?(speak|break|phoneme|audio|say-as|s\b|w\b)[^>]*>/gi, "")
       .replace(/\s*\n\s*/g, "\n")
       .replace(/  +/g, " ")
-      .replace(/ ([.,!?;:])/g, "$1")
+      .replace(/ ([,!?;:])/g, "$1")
       .trim();
   }
 };

test/test_ssml.js

@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ describe('SSML', function() {
           return SSML.cleanse(input).should.equal(expectedOutput);
         });
 
+        it('should not truncate spaces before periods', function() {
+          var input = '.1, .2, and .3';
+          var expectedOutput = '.1, .2, and .3';
+
+          return SSML.cleanse(input).should.equal(expectedOutput);
+        });
+
       });
     });
   });