How can I remove quotes from String on Swift?

Question

I am trying to remove quotes from Swift String something like:

"Hello"

so that the Swift String is just:

Hello

Answer 1

You can simply use

Swift 1

var str: String = "\"Hello\""

print(str) // "Hello"

print(str.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("\"", withString: "")) // Hello

Update for Swift 3 & 4

print(str.replacingOccurrences(of: "\"", with: "")) // Hello

Answer 2

"\"Hello\"".stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet(charactersInString: "\""))