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+import shapefile

+

+sf = shapefile.Reader("pyshp/shapefiles/blockgroups")

+

+print sf.shapeType

+

+shapes = sf.shapes()

+

+print len(shapes)

+

+s = sf.shape(7)

+print ['%.3f' % coord for coord in s.bbox]

+

+for name in dir(shapes[3]):

+    if not name.startswith('_'):

+        print name

+

+

+fields = sf.fields

+print fields

+

+shapeRecs = sf.shapeRecords()

+

+print len(shapeRecs)

+

+print shapeRecs[0].record[1:3]

+print shapeRecs[0].shape.points[0:2]