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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 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