#!/usr/bin/python3

def removeHtmlMarkup(s):
    tag   = False                           
    quote = False
    out   = ""

    for c in s:
        if c == '<' and not quote:          # Start of markup
            tag = True
        elif c == '>' and not quote:        # End of markup  
            tag = False
        elif c == '"' or c == "'" and tag:  # Quote          
            quote = not quote               
        elif not tag:
            out = out + c

    return out

""" Our hypotheses """
if __name__ == "__main__":
    print (removeHtmlMarkup('"foo"'), '\tExpect "foo"\tHypothesis: foo')
#   Test the hypothesis about bar
#    print (removeHtmlMarkup('"bar"'), '\tExpect "bar"\tHypothesis: [BLANK]')
#   Test if it matters whether there is anything else present
#    print (removeHtmlMarkup('""'),    '\tExpect ""\tHypothesis: [BLANK]')