
or nil on failure.</dd>
<dt><a name="label-19" id="label-19"><code>shapefile.field_width <var>field</var></code></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "shapefile.field_width field" -->
<dd>
returns the width of the <a href="#label-89">attribute field</a>.</dd>
<dt><a name="label-20" id="label-20"><code>shapefile.fields</code></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "shapefile.fields" -->
<dd>
returns an Array containing a list of attribute field name.</dd>
<dt><a name="label-21" id="label-21"><code>shapefile.maxbound</code></a></dt><!-- RD