Java String Dequote dequote(String string)

Description

Remove all quote characters from a specified String , including single (') and double (") quotes.

License

CDDL license

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	the String to unquote

Return

the unquoted

Declaration

public static String dequote(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Remove all quote characters from a specified {@link String},
     * including single (') and double (") quotes.
     *
     * @param string the {@link String} to unquote
     *
     * @return the unquoted {@link String}
     */
    public static String dequote(String string) {
        if (string == null) {
            return null;
        } else {
            // remove leading and trailing spaces
            string = string.trim();

            StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

            for (int i = 0; i < string.length(); i++) {
                char c = string.charAt(i);

                if (c != '\"' && c != '\'' && c != '`') {
                    builder.append(c);
                }
            }

            return builder.toString();
        }
    }
}

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