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# StripQuotes

This **StripQuotes** function removes surrounding quote characters from **aValue**.

The quote character to remove is specified by **aChar**.

If the string **aValue** does not have quotes, then nothing happens and **aValue** is returned without change.

If the string **aValue** contains the **aChar** character escaped, then any escaping will be removed.

::: info
**Escaping** simply means that a text character within a string is preceded by another symbol that indicates that the character following the escape symbol should interpreted literally and should be treated as text only, and is not a control character.
:::

**Declaration**: Function StripQuotes( const aValue : string; aChar : Char) : string;

Example

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
var
  Str1, Str2, Str3, Str4, Str5 : string;
begin
 //Returns    Pirates
  Str1 := StripQuotes('"Pirates"','"');

 //Returns    O'Sullivan
  Str2 := StripQuotes('"O''Sullivan"','"');

 //returns    ab"c
  Str3 := StripQuotes('"ab""c"', '"');

 //Returns    Churchill said "If you're going through hell, keep going."
  Str4 := StripQuotes('"Churchill said "If you''re going through hell, keep going.""', '"');

 //What went in, came back out - with no change made
 //Returns     He devised a new way to cut cakes.
  Str5 := StripQuotes('He devised a new way to cut cakes.', '"');

end;
```