Java String Unquote unquoteString(final String input)

Description

Removes quotes from a string.

License

Creative Commons License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	string to edit

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if String is null

Return

a string with quotes removed

Declaration

public static String unquoteString(final String input) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Creative Commons License 

public class Main {
    /**/* w  w  w. j ava 2  s .  com*/
     * Removes quotes from a string.
     * @param input string to edit
     * @return a string with quotes removed
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if String is null
     */
    public static String unquoteString(final String input) {
        if (input == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("String cannot be null!");
        return input.startsWith("\"") && input.endsWith("\"") || input.startsWith("'") && input.endsWith("'")
                ? input.substring(1, input.length() - 1)
                : input;

    }
}

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