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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 recognize_ndarray(self, ndarray):
 """ This causes OpenALPR to attempt to recognize an image passed in as a numpy array. :param ndarray: numpy.array as used in cv2 module :return: An OpenALPR analysis in the form of a response dictionary """

        if self._recognize_raw_image_func is None:
            raise RuntimeError('NumPy missing')
        height, width = ndarray.shape[:2]
        bpp = ndarray.shape[2] if len(ndarray.shape) > 2 else 1
        ptr = self._recognize_raw_image_func(self.alpr_pointer, ndarray.flatten(), bpp, width, height)
        json_data = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value
        json_data = _convert_from_charp(json_data)
        
        # there is a bug in the openalpr python bindings
        # sometimes there are real numbers with "," as the decimal point..!
        # print("openalpr_lib : recognize_ndarray : json_data =", json_data)
        p = re.compile('\d(\,)\d')
        json_data = p.subn(".", json_data)[0]
        
        response_obj = json.loads(json_data)
        self._free_json_mem_func(ctypes.c_void_p(ptr))
        return response_obj