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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _subArrayShape(self):
 """ Returns the shape of the sub-array. An empty tuple is returned for regular fields, which have no sub array. """

        fieldName = self.nodeName
        fieldDtype = self._array.dtype.fields[fieldName][0]
        return fieldDtype.shape