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using System;

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var url = "\"https://www.theurl.com\"";

Console.WriteLine($"The URL: {url}");

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UseTrim(url);

UseSubstring(url);

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void UseTrim(string url)

{

    Console.WriteLine("Using trim...");

    var escaped = url.Trim('"');

    Console.WriteLine(escaped);

}

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void UseSubstring(string url)

{

    Console.WriteLine("Using substring...");    

    var escaped = url.Substring(1, url.Length - 2);

    Console.WriteLine(escaped);

}