Java String Unquote unquote(String string)

Description

Removes the double quotes at the beginning and the end of the given string.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String unquote(String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//  ww  w .ja v  a 2 s .  c  o  m
 * Copyright (C) 2005 G?rard Milmeister
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 * License along with this program; if not, write to the
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Removes the double quotes at the beginning and the
     * end of the given string.
     */
    public static String unquote(String string) {
        // warning: not entirely correct
        if (string.length() >= 2) {
            if (string.charAt(0) == '\"') {
                if (string.charAt(string.length() - 1) == '\"') {
                    if (string.charAt(string.length() - 2) != '\\') {
                        return string.substring(1, string.length() - 1);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return string;
    }
}

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