_type</a> and <a href="#label-43">shape.shape_type</a>),
    or</li>
<li>Integer code
    (please see <a href="#label-93">ESRI Whitepaper</a>)</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-87" id="label-87">field type</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "field type" -->
<dd>
For <a href="#label-12">shapefile.add_field</a>,
acceptable values for <var>field_type</var> are:
<ul>
<li>String "String", "Integer", or "Float", or</li>
<li>Symbol :String, :Integer, or :Float
    (result of <a href="#label-18">shapefile.field_type</a>).</li