diff --git a/cpp/exports.hpp b/cpp/exports.hpp
index c6128061badfc045b382378814af6b0c2921cf88..58a682ccb6d467bfddd064669fd7f762dbffb095 100644
--- a/cpp/exports.hpp
+++ b/cpp/exports.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
 #include "graph.hpp"
 
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const Edge &e) {
@@ -22,3 +23,36 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const Graph &g) {
     return s;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::vector<T>& v) {
+    if (v.empty()) {
+        s << '{' << '}';
+        return s;
+    }
+    auto iter = v.begin();
+    s << '{' << *iter++;
+    for (; iter != v.end(); ++iter) {
+        s << ',' << *iter;
+    }
+    s << '}';
+    return s;
+}
+
+// Mathematica style export for arrays
+// SFINAE to disable char arrays since it will mess up
+// things of the form  s << "some string";
+template <
+    typename T, std::size_t N,
+    typename = typename std::enable_if<!std::is_same<T, char>::value, T>::type>
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const T (&v)[N]) {
+    if (N == 0) {
+        s << '{' << '}';
+        return s;
+    }
+    s << '{' << v[0];
+    for (size_t i = 1; i < N; ++i)
+        s << ',' << v[i];
+    s << '}';
+    return s;
+}
+