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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_array(self, byte_array):
 """ This causes OpenALPR to attempt to recognize an image passed in as a byte array. :param byte_array: This should be a string (Python 2) or a bytes object (Python 3) :return: An OpenALPR analysis in the form of a response dictionary """

        if type(byte_array) != bytes:
            raise TypeError("Expected a byte array (string in Python 2, bytes in Python 3)")
        pb = ctypes.cast(byte_array, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_ubyte))
        ptr = self._recognize_array_func(self.alpr_pointer, pb, len(byte_array))
        json_data = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value
        json_data = _convert_from_charp(json_data)
        response_obj = json.loads(json_data)
        self._free_json_mem_func(ctypes.c_void_p(ptr))
        return response_obj