def trim_cue_entry(string):
 if ((string[0] == '"') and (string[(-1)] == '"')):
  string = string[1:(-1)]
 return string

def trim_cue_entry ( string ) : if ( ( string [ 0 ] == '"' ) and ( string [ ( - 1 ) ] == '"' ) ) : string = string [ 1 : ( - 1 ) ] return string
removes leading and trailing "s .