Java String Unquote unquote(String text)

Description

removes single and double quotes around a string

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	text to unquote

Return

unquoted text

Declaration

public static String unquote(String text) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/***************************************************************************
 *                      (C) Copyright 2010 - Stendhal                      *
 ***************************************************************************
 ***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w  w .  j  a  v a2s.c om*/
     * removes single and double quotes around a string
     *
     * @param text text to unquote
     * @return unquoted text
     */
    public static String unquote(String text) {
        if ((text == null) || text.length() < 2) {
            return text;
        }

        if (text.charAt(0) == text.charAt(text.length() - 1)) {
            if (text.charAt(0) == '"' || text.charAt(0) == '\'') {
                return text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
            }
        }
        return text;
    }
}

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