# A simple vector class def vec(*v): return apply(Vec, v) class Vec: def __init__(self, *v): self.v = [] for x in v: self.v.append(x) def fromlist(self, v): self.v = [] if type(v) <> type([]): raise TypeError self.v = v[:] return self def __repr__(self): return 'vec(' + `self.v`[1:-1] + ')' def __len__(self): return len(self.v) def __getitem__(self, i): return self.v[i] def __add__(a, b): # Element-wise addition v = [] for i in range(len(a)): v.append(a[i] + b[i]) return Vec().fromlist(v) def __sub__(a, b): # Element-wise subtraction v = [] for i in range(len(a)): v.append(a[i] - b[i]) return Vec().fromlist(v) def __mul__(self, scalar): # Multiply by scalar v = [] for i in range(len(self.v)): v.append(self.v[i]*scalar) return Vec().fromlist(v) def test(): a = vec(1, 2, 3) b = vec(3, 2, 1) print a print b print a+b print a*3.0 test()