2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/auxiliary/functions.cc b/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
index 860524a..8cefbc5 100644
--- a/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
+++ b/src/auxiliary/functions.cc
@@ -165,4 +165,13 @@ void to_label(std::string &text)
 	}
 }
 
+void strip_quotes(std::string &text)
+{
+	for (size_t pos = 0; pos < text.size(); pos++) {
+		if (text[pos] == '"') {
+			text[pos] = '\'';
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/auxiliary/functions.h b/src/auxiliary/functions.h
index fccb4dc..d5b590d 100644
--- a/src/auxiliary/functions.h
+++ b/src/auxiliary/functions.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ const std::string text_strip_lowercase(const std::string &text);
 /// trim leading ad trailing spaces from a string
 void trim(std::string &text);
 
+/// replaces double quotes by single quotes
+void strip_quotes(std::string &text);
+
 /// convert a string to a valid label string
 /** trim leading and trealing spaces, convert remaining spaces to underscores, and make lowercase
  * remove any non-alphanumeric character