'Function to remove single or double quotes around the strings'

@staticmethod
def remove_quotes(Strings):

    l = []
    lappend = l.append
    for (d1, d2) in Strings:
        if (((d1[0] == '"') and (d1[(-1)] == '"')) or ((d1[0] == "'") and (d1[(-1)] == "'"))):
            d1 = d1[1:(-1)]
        if (((d2[0] == '"') and (d2[(-1)] == '"')) or ((d2[0] == "'") and (d2[(-1)] == "'"))):
            d2 = d2[1:(-1)]
        lappend((d1, d2))
    return l
