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@@ -397,6 +397,15 @@ typically a non-structured array, except in the case of nested structures.
>>> y.dtype, y.shape, y.strides
(dtype('float32'), (2,), (12,))
+If the accessed field is a subarray, the dimensions of the subarray
+are appended to the shape of the result::
+
+ >>> x = np.zeros((2,2), dtype=[('a', np.int32), ('b', np.float64, (3,3))])
+ >>> x['a'].shape
+ (2, 2)
+ >>> x['b'].shape
+ (2, 2, 3, 3)
+
Accessing Multiple Fields
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