How can I strip first and last double quotes?

Question

I want to strip double quotes from:

string = \'\"\" \" \" \"\"\\\\1\" \" \"\" \"\"\'

to obtain:

string = \'\" \" \" \"\"\\\         


        

Answer 1

If you are sure there is a " at the beginning and at the end, which you want to remove, just do:

string = string[1:len(string)-1]

or

string = string[1:-1]