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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 split_vector_ctype(ctype):
 """Split a vector ctype into a raw ctype and the vector length. If the given ctype is not a vector type, we raise an error. I Args: ctype (str):
 the ctype to possibly split into a raw ctype and the vector length Returns: tuple: the raw ctype and the vector length """

    if not is_vector_ctype(ctype):
        raise ValueError('The given ctype is not a vector type.')
    for vector_length in [2, 3, 4, 8, 16]:
        if ctype.endswith(str(vector_length)):
            vector_str_len = len(str(vector_length))
            return ctype[:-vector_str_len], int(ctype[-vector_str_len:])