simplified the script

Script/removeGreekAccents.py

@@ -9,31 +9,27 @@ f.close()
 
 # Greek unicode characters
 
-newData = re.sub('[ἀἄᾄἂἆἁἅᾅἃάᾴὰᾶᾷᾳ]', 'α', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ἈἌἎἉἍἋ]', 'Α', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ἐἔἑἕἓέὲ]', 'ε', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ἘἜἙἝἛ]', 'Ε', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ἠἤᾔἢἦᾖᾐἡἥἣἧᾗᾑήῄὴῆῇῃ]', 'η', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ἨἬἪἮἩἭἫ]', 'Η', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ἰἴἶἱἵἳἷίὶῖϊΐῒ]', 'ι', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ἸἼἹἽ]', 'Ι', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ὀὄὂὁὅὃόὸ]', 'ο', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ὈὌὉὍὋ]', 'Ο', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ῥ]', 'ρ', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[Ῥ]', 'Ρ', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ὐὔὒὖὑὕὓὗύὺῦϋΰῢ]', 'υ', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ὙὝὟ]', 'Υ', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub('[ὠὤὢὦᾠὡὥὧᾧώῴὼῶῷῳ]', 'ω', newData)
-newData = re.sub('[ὨὬὪὮὩὭὯ]', 'Ω', newData)
-
-newData = re.sub("[\-\—\,\;\:\\\?\.\·\·\'\‘\’\‹\›\“\”\«\»\(\)\[\]\{\}\⧼\⧽\〈\〉\*\‿\᾽\⇔\¦]", "", newData)
+searchReplace = (
+    ('[ἀἄᾄἂἆἁἅᾅἃάᾴὰᾶᾷᾳ]', 'α'),
+    ('[ἈἌἎἉἍἋ]', 'Α'),
+    ('[ἐἔἑἕἓέὲ]', 'ε'),
+    ('[ἘἜἙἝἛ]', 'Ε'),
+    ('[ἠἤᾔἢἦᾖᾐἡἥἣἧᾗᾑήῄὴῆῇῃ]', 'η'),
+    ('[ἨἬἪἮἩἭἫ]', 'Η'),
+    ('[ἰἴἶἱἵἳἷίὶῖϊΐῒ]', 'ι'),
+    ('[ἸἼἹἽ]', 'Ι'),
+    ('[ὀὄὂὁὅὃόὸ]', 'ο'),
+    ('[ὈὌὉὍὋ]', 'Ο'),
+    ('[ῥ]', 'ρ'),
+    ('[Ῥ]', 'Ρ'),
+    ('[ὐὔὒὖὑὕὓὗύὺῦϋΰῢ]', 'υ'),
+    ('[ὙὝὟ]', 'Υ'),
+    ('[ὠὤὢὦᾠὡὥὧᾧώῴὼῶῷῳ]', 'ω'),
+    ('[ὨὬὪὮὩὭὯ]', 'Ω'),
+    ("[\-\—\,\;\:\\\?\.\·\·\'\‘\’\‹\›\“\”\«\»\(\)\[\]\{\}\⧼\⧽\〈\〉\*\‿\᾽\⇔\¦]", ""),
+)
+for search, replace in searchReplace:
+    newData = re.sub(search, replace, newData)
 
 f = open(outputFile,'w')
 f.write(newData)