docs: def __stripValue(self, value):
          """strip the special characters in the value
  
                  Args:
                      value: value string
  
                  Returns:
                      value string without special characters
          """
          if isinstance(value, str):
              if ( value[0] == '"' and value[-1] == '"' ) or ( value[0] == '[' and value[-1] == ']' ):
                  return value[1:-1]
          return value