[bug #68492] Unexpected result when indexing with char's, esp. ':'

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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68492>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: Unexpected result when indexing with char's, esp.=0A':'=0A             =
      Group: GNU Octave=0A               Submitter: maju=0A               S=
ubmitted: Di 30 Jun 2026 16:21:44 UTC=0A                Category: None=0A  =
              Severity: 3 - Normal=0A                Priority: 5 - Normal=
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one=0A             Assigned to: None=0A         Originator Name: Maju=0A   =
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--------------=0ADate: Di 30 Jun 2026 16:21:44 UTC    By: Matthias J=C3=BCs=
chke <maju>=0AIndexing  with char's gives no warning. However, when the cha=
racter is ':'=0A(char(58)), it is not interpreted as 58; the full array is =
returned.=0A=0Adum=3D1:68;        % 68=3D=3Duint8('D')=0AidxChar=3D'AB:CD';=
=0Afor i=3DidxChar=0A  disp(size(dum(i)))=0Aendfor=0A=0Agives=0A=0A   1   1=
=0A   1   1=0A   68    1=0A   1   1=0A   1   1=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=
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o this item at:=0A=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68492>=0A=0A________=
_______________________________________=0ANachricht gesendet =C3=BCber Sava=
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