code: static public String stripQuotes(String string0) {
          // if an empty string, return it
          if (string0.length() == 0) {
              return string0;
          }
          // if the first and last characters are quotes, just do 1 substring
          if (string0.length() > 1 && string0.charAt(0) == '"' && string0.charAt(string0.length() - 1) == '"') {
              return string0.substring(1, string0.length() - 1);
          } else if (string0.charAt(0) == '"') {
              string0 = string0.substring(1);
          } else if (string0.charAt(string0.length() - 1) == '"') {
              string0 = string0.substring(0, string0.length() - 1);
          }
          return string0;
      }
docs: If present, this method will strip off the leading and trailing "
  character in the string parameter.  For example, "10958" will
  becomes just 10958.