| def stripQuotationMarks(s): | |
| ''' | |
| I remove surraunding quotation marks from the given string, if any. | |
| Return the original unchnaged string otherwise. | |
| ''' | |
| if (s[0] == s[-1]) and s.startswith(('\"', '\'')): | |
| return s[1:-1] # Strip the quotation marks. | |
| else: | |
| return s # Return the string unchanged. |