# (c) 2014 James Cammarata, <jcammarata@ansible.com>
#
# This file is part of Ansible
#
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from __future__ import annotations


def is_quoted(data):
    return len(data) > 1 and data[0] == data[-1] and data[0] in ('"', "'") and data[-2] != '\\'


def unquote(data):
    ''' removes first and last quotes from a string, if the string starts and ends with the same quotes '''
    if is_quoted(data):
        return data[1:-1]
    return data
