how to remove special characters/numbers from cucumber console? - ruby

Question

I'm new for Cucumber. While I'm writing a basic feature file I have used tables. and printed the same table values to see how they will display on console. But while printing the values I could see some special characters. What are they and how to remove them? any idea?
I googled to get a solution, but couldn't make it. Can anyone please help me?
Here is my feature file:
Feature: Addding two values
Addding two values
Scenario: tesing sum values
Given input and output
When inputs <inputx> and <inputy> is given
|22|33|
|33|55|
Then output must be <output>
|55|
|88|
And the below is my Ruby File
Given(/^input and output$/) do
puts "Given block"
end
When(/^inputs <inputx> and <inputy> is given$/) do |table|
# table is a Cucumber::Core::Ast::DataTable
puts table
end
Then(/^output must be <output>$/) do |table|
# table is a Cucumber::Core::Ast::DataTable
puts table
end
And the below is the output on the console
*** WARNING: You must use ANSICON 1.31 or higher (https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon/) to get coloured output on Windows
C:/Ruby193/bin/ruby -S bundle exec cucumber --profile default
Using the default profile...
Feature: Addding two values
Addding two values
Scenario: tesing sum values
[32mGiven input and output[0m
[36mGiven block[0m
[32mWhen inputs <inputx> and <inputy> is given[0m
[36m[0m
[36m | [32m 22[0m[0m |[0m [32m 33[0m[0m |[0m[0m
[36m | [32m 33[0m[0m |[0m [32m 55[0m[0m |[0m[0m
| [36m22[0m[0m |[0m [36m33[0m[0m |[0m
| [36m33[0m[0m |[0m [36m55[0m[0m |[0m
[32mThen output must be <output>[0m
[36m[0m
[36m | [32m 55[0m[0m |[0m[0m
[36m | [32m 88[0m[0m |[0m[0m
| [36m55[0m[0m |[0m
| [36m88[0m[0m |[0m
1 scenario ([32m1 passed[0m)
3 steps ([32m3 passed[0m)
0m6.555s

Answer 1

Try adding --no-color to your command line call or your default profile.
For example:
default: --no-source --no-color --format pretty

Answer 2

You are getting this error because cucumber is trying to print the coloured output into the terminal, but your terminal is not able to do so. As a result these symbols are visible. To resolve this issue just add monochrome = true in the Runner (Step Definition) file where you are gluing this cucumber feature file.
Sample Code:
#CucumberOptions(features = {"src/test/resources/FeatureFiles/RegisterUser.feature", "src/test/resources/FeatureFiles/RegisterUserVerifyError.feature"},
glue = "com/assignment2/userreg/stepdefinations/",
tags = {"#multipleverify"}, monochrome = true, plugin = {"pretty", "html:target/cucumber-reports/cucumber-pretty"})