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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def diag(self, reordered = True):
 """ Returns a vector with the diagonal elements of the matrix. """

        sncolptr = self.symb.sncolptr
        snptr = self.symb.snptr
        snode = self.symb.snode
        blkptr = self.symb.blkptr
        
        D = matrix(0.0,(self.symb.n,1))
        for k in range(self.symb.Nsn):
            nn = snptr[k+1]-snptr[k]
            w = sncolptr[k+1]-sncolptr[k]
            for i in range(nn): D[snode[snptr[k]+i]] = self.blkval[blkptr[k]+i*w+i]
        if reordered: return D
        else: return D[self.symb.ip]